isomorphous

[ ahy-suh-mawr-fuhs ]

adjectiveChemistry, Crystallography.
  1. (of a compound or mineral) capable of crystallizing in a form similar to that of another compound or mineral, used especially of substances so closely related that they form end members of a series of solid solutions.

Origin of isomorphous

1
First recorded in 1820–30; iso- + -morphous

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