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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tri•mor•phism (trī môr′fiz əm),USA pronunciation n. - Zoologythe occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
- Botanythe occurrence of three different forms of flowers, leaves, etc., on the same plant or on distinct plants of the same species.
- Crystallographythe property of some substances of crystallizing in three structurally distinct forms.
- the property or condition of occurring in three distinct forms.
- Greek trímorph(os) of three forms (see tri-, -morph) + -ism
- 1855–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trimorphism /traɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/ n - the property exhibited by certain species of having or occurring in three different forms
- the property of certain minerals of existing in three crystalline forms
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek trimorphos (from tri- + morphē form) + -ism |