isomorphic

[ ahy-suh-mawr-fik ]

adjective

1. Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
2. Chemistry, Crystallography. isomorphous.
3. Mathematics. pertaining to two sets related by an isomorphism.

isomorphic

/ ˌaɪsəʊˈmɔːfɪk; ˌaɪsəʊˈmɔːfəs /

adjective

1. exhibiting isomorphism

Other Words From

• uni·so·morphic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of isomorphic¹

First recorded in 1860–65; iso- + -morphic

Example Sentences

Among the groups isomorphic with a given continuous group there The adjunct group.

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A group may be represented as isomorphic with itself by transforming all its operations by any one of them.

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The set of permutations, therefore, forms a group isomorphic with the given group.

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To-day we should say that they had dealt with isomorphic groups.

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