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Allomorph

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Noun

1. allomorph

any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound

Example Sentences:
'calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite'

2. allomorph

a variant phonological representation of a morpheme

Example Sentences:
'the final sounds of bets' and beds' and horses' and oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme'

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Allomorph

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noun
1. linguistics
any of the phonological representations of a single morpheme. For example, the final (s) and (z) sounds of bets and beds are allomorphs of the English noun-plural morpheme
2. 
any of two or more different crystalline forms of a chemical compound, such as a mineral

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Allomorph

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noun
1.  Mineralogy
a. 
any of the crystalline forms of a substance existing in more than one such form
b. 
paramorph
2.  Linguistics
any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or adjoining sounds

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Allomorph

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n.
n.
Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kăts), (z) of pigs (pĭgz), and (ĭz) horses (hôrsĭz) are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme.

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