-morphism

-morphism
\\|mȯ(r)ˌfizəm\ noun combining form (-s)
Etymology: Late Latin -morphus -morphous (from Greek -morphos) + English -ism — more at -morphous
1. : quality or state of having (such) a form

heteromorphism

2. : conceptualization in (such) a form

physicomorphism

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a combining form occurring in nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -morphic or -morphous: monomorphism.
[see -MORPHOUS, -ISM]

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-morphism n combining form
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Main Entry:-morph

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-morphism
(ˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m)
terminal element [f. Gr. µορϕή form + -ism] of ns. with the sense ‘condition or property of having a (certain) form or character’, and in Math. ‘a transformation or correspondence of a (certain) kind’: e.g. heteromorphism, isomorphism.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • morphism — morphism. = balanced polymorphism (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • -morphism — noun combining form Etymology: Late Latin morphus morphous, from Greek morphos quality or state of having (such) a form < heteromorphism > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • morphism — noun a) (Formally) an arrow in a category. b) (Less formally) a map which preserves structure, in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics where it arises …   Wiktionary

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