— allomorphic , adj.
/al"euh mawrf'/ , n.
1. any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound.
2. Ling. one of the alternate contextually determined phonological shapes of a morpheme, as en in oxen, which is an allomorph of the English plural morpheme. Cf. morph .
3. Mineral. paramorph.
[ 1865-70; ALLO- + -MORPH ]