isomorphic
English
WOTD – 6 November 2013
Etymology
From iso- + -morphic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: īsəmô'fĭk, IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.səˈmɔː.fɪk/
- (US) enPR: īsōmôr'fĭk, IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.soʊˈmɔɹ.fɪk/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Adjective
isomorphic (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence.
- 2003, Bernd Siegfried Walter Schröder, Ordered Sets: An Introduction page 254
- Let A, B be the ordered sets in Figure 10.3. Let C be the direct product of infinitely many copies of the two element chain 2. Then AC is isomorphic to BC, but A is not isomorphic to B.
- 2003, Bernd Siegfried Walter Schröder, Ordered Sets: An Introduction page 254
- (biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution.
- 1993, Marcus Jacobson, Foundations of Neuroscience, page 106:
- The fact that different structures can be shown to be functionally isomorphic implies that they are analogous, not homologous.
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- Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations.
- 1981, John Lyons, Language and Linguistics: An Introduction, page 60:
- For example, in so far as written and spoken English are isomorphic (i.e. have the same structure), they are the same language: there is nothing but their structure that they have in common.
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Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are isomorphic", "A is isomorphic to B", and, less commonly, "A is isomorphic with B".
Antonyms
- anisomorphic
- nonisomorphic
Coordinate terms
- anisomorphic
- heteromorphic
- homomorphic
Derived terms
- anisomorphic
- isomorphically
Related terms
- isomorph
- isomorphism
- isomorphous
Translations
(biology) having a similar structure or function without genetic relation
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having identical relevant structure
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Further reading
- isomorphic keyboard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia