Allomorph : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Allomorph	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Allomorph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allomorph n 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allomorph \Al"lomorph\, n. [Gr. [?] other + [?] form.] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph* after pyrite. --G. H. Williams.