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homœomorphous, a.|hɒmiːəʊˈmɔːfəs|
[f. homœo- + Gr. µορϕή shape + -ous. Cf. F. homéomorphe.]
Of similar form or structure: spec. a. Cryst. Having similar crystalline forms: said esp. of substances differing in chemical composition or atomic proportions. b. Path. (See quot. 1854.)
1832Johnston in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 429 The differences under discussion have given rise in Germany to another term, homoiomorphous..It groups together crystalline forms differing widely in their angles, provided they belong to the same system of crystallization. 1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Homœomorphus,..homeomorphous. Applied to tumours containing those elements which are found in a normal state of the organism. 1865–72Watts Dict. Chem. III. 431 Many substances commonly regarded as isomorphous are in reality only homœomorphous, inasmuch as their atomic volumes differ considerably.
c. Palæont. Exhibiting or characteristic of homœomorphy; similar in general aspect but dissimilar in detail.
1895S. S. Buckman in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LI. 456 Biplicate Terebratulæ are, at any rate in the Jurassic rocks, independent, or heterogenetic, homœomorphous derivatives of non-plicate forms. 1913― Ibid. LXIX. 167 The two species..look like enough to be confused (are homœomorphous) until they are analysed ontogenetically. 1962Proc. Geologists' Assoc. LXXIII. 12 It requires only sufficient skill and discernment..to see repeatedly, in one guise or another, homoeomorphous resemblances in many groups of organisms. |