allomorphs

Meanings

Noun

• any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
  • "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
• a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
  • "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
• plural of allomorph

Synonyms

allomorph