pleomorphism
English Thesaurus
1. (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | organic phenomenon, |
| definition | : | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals (noun.phenomenon) |
2. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | chemical phenomenon, |
| definition | : | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | dimorphism, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
3. (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms (noun.phenomenon)
4. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms (adj.pert) |
5. (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms (noun.phenomenon)
6. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms (adj.pert) |
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