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allomorph definition

allo·morph (al′ō môrf′, al′ə-)

noun

  1. Mineralogy
    1. any of the crystalline forms of a substance existing in more than one such form
    2. paramorph
  2. Linguis. any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or adjoining sounds

Etymology: allo- + -morph

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