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Definition: TRIMORPHISM |
TRIMORPHISMNoun1. The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism. 2. The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism. |
Date "TRIMORPHISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Note: Trimorphism \Tri*mor"phism\, noun. [See Trimorphic.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The property of a chemical compound to crystallize in one of threedifferent crystal structures. CF:dimorphism; polymorphism. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TRIMORPHISM |
| English words defined with "TRIMORPHISM": Homomorphism ♦ Trimorph, Trimorphous. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "TRIMORPHISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | trimorfism. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-i-m-m-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: trimorphs. | |
-3 letters: optimism, trimorph. | |
-4 letters: imports, rompish, tropism. | |
-5 letters: impish, import, impost, isthmi, mirths, mopish, morphs, morris, porism, primos, priors, prosit, ripost, shrimp, spirit, thorps, thrips, tripos, tromps. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-i-m-m-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: trimethoprims. | |
+4 letters: hermaphroditism, thermoperiodism. | |
+5 letters: hermaphroditisms, thermoperiodisms. | |
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