dimorph

American

[dahy-mawrf] / ˈdaɪ mɔrf /

noun

Crystallography.

either of the two forms assumed by a mineral or other chemical substance exhibiting dimorphism.

dimorph British

/ ˈdaɪmɔːf /

noun

either of two forms of a substance that exhibits dimorphism

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Etymology

Origin of dimorph

< Greek dímorphos having two shapes; di- ¹, -morph

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Dimorph�ism, in crystallography, the crystallization of a body in forms belonging to two different systems, or in incompatible forms of the same system, a peculiarity exhibited by sulphur, carbon, &c.

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