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ENANTIOMORPHOUS

Definition: ENANTIOMORPHOUS

ENANTIOMORPHOUS

Adjective

1. Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Enantiomorphous \E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous\, adjective. [from Greek expression 'enanti`os opposite morfh` form.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: ENANTIOMORPHOUS

DomainDefinitions

Mining

In crystallography, similar in form but not superposable related to each other as the right hand is to the left, hence, one the mirror image of theother. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "ENANTIOMORPHOUS"

Words rhyming with "ENANTIOMORPHOUS" (pronounced 'E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous'): Adelphous, Amorphous, Anthropomorphous, Dimorphous, gynandromorphous, Heteromorphous, Homoeomorphous, Hystricomorphous, Isodimorphous, isomorphous, Isotrimorphous, -morphous, Ophiomorphous, paramorphous, Pentadelphous, Peristeromorphous, Pleomorphous, Plesiomorphous, Polymorphous, Pseudomorphous, Pyromorphous, Triadelphous, Typhous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ENANTIOMORPHOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: enantiomorphs.

-3 letters: enantiomorph.

-4 letters: euphoriants, homopterans, homopterous, mensuration, misanthrope, monophonies, motoneurons, nourishment, numerations, personation, protohumans, supernation, taphonomies.

-5 letters: aeronomist, autonomies, entropions, euphoriant, harmonious, homoousian, homopteran, housetrain, importunes, ionophores, mentorship, monotonies, moonshiner, motoneuron, nominators, nonauthors, numeration, operations, outpromise, phonations, pneumonias, prenotions, promotions, pronations, protamines, protohuman, punishment, resumption, theonomous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ENANTIOMORPHOUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 41 4E 54 49 4F 4D 4F 52 50 48 4F 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -.    .-    -.    -    ..    ---    --    ---    .-.    .--.    ....    ---    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001101 01001111 01010010 01010000 01001000 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#77 &#79 &#82 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0041 004E 0054 0049 004F 004D 004F 0052 0050 0048 004F 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

394835485443494749525042495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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