Dimorphism Definition

dī-môrfĭzəm
noun
The state of having two different kinds of leaves, flowers, stamens, etc. on the same plant or in the same species.
Webster's New World
The occurrence of two types of individuals in the same species, distinct in coloring, size, etc.
Webster's New World
The property of crystallizing in two forms.
Webster's New World
Dimorphic crystallization.
American Heritage Medicine
other
The characteristic of a chemical compound to crystallize in two different forms. Potassium feldspar, for example, can crystallize as either orthoclase (at higher temperatures) or microcline (at lower temperatures).
American Heritage Science
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Other Word Forms of Dimorphism

Noun

Singular:
dimorphism
Plural:
dimorphisms

Origin of Dimorphism

  • di- +‎ -morphism

    From Wiktionary

Dimorphism Sentence Examples

  • Mercuric iodide also exhibits dimorphism.

  • In some species of Dinophilus there is pronounced sexual dimorphism (the male being small and without gut) as in the Rotifera.

  • His investigation (also in 1826) of the two crystalline modifications of sulphur threw much light on the fact that the two minerals calc-spar and aragonite have the same composition but different crystalline forms, a property which Mitscherlich called dimorphism.

  • What we are looking at here, in effect, is sexual dimorphism rather than gender.

  • The most stable size dimorphism is in the size of the canines, which is pronounced in all studied samples.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIM

Words Ending With

MSMISM

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dimorphism

Words Starting With D and Ending With M

Starts With D & Ends With MStarts With DI & Ends With MStarts With D & Ends With SM

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With D10 Letter Words Ending With M