isomorphic
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Etymology
From iso- + -morphicCategory:English terms prefixed with iso-#MORPHICCategory:English terms suffixed with -morphic#ISOMORPHIC.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: īsəmô'fĭk, IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.səˈmɔː.fɪk/Category:English 4-syllable words#ISOMORPHICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ISOMORPHIC
- (US) enPR: īsōmôr'fĭk, IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.soʊˈmɔɹ.fɪk/Category:English 4-syllable words#ISOMORPHICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ISOMORPHIC
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ISOMORPHICAudio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ISOMORPHICAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪkCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)fɪk#ISOMORPHICCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)fɪk/4 syllables#ISOMORPHIC
Adjective
isomorphic (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ISOMORPHICCategory:English adjectives#ISOMORPHICCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#ISOMORPHICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ISOMORPHICCategory:Pages with entries#ISOMORPHICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ISOMORPHIC
- (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#ISOMORPHIC) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence.
- 2003, Bernd Siegfried Walter Schröder, Ordered Sets: An Introduction, page 254:
- Let A, B be the ordered sets in Figure 10.3. Let C be the direct product of infinitely many copies of the two element chain 2. Then AC is isomorphic to BC, but A is not isomorphic to B.Category:English terms with quotations#ISOMORPHIC
- (biologyCategory:en:Biology#ISOMORPHIC) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution.
- 1993, Marcus Jacobson, Foundations of Neuroscience, page 106:
- The fact that different structures can be shown to be functionally isomorphic implies that they are analogous, not homologous.Category:English terms with quotations#ISOMORPHIC
- Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations.
- 1981, John Lyons, Language and Linguistics: An Introduction, page 60:
- For example, in so far as written and spoken English are isomorphic (i.e. have the same structure), they are the same language: there is nothing but their structure that they have in common.Category:English terms with quotations#ISOMORPHIC
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#ISOMORPHIC) Able to run either client-side or server-side.
- an isomorphic JavaScript appCategory:English terms with usage examples#ISOMORPHIC
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like “A and B are isomorphic”, “A is isomorphic to B”, and, less commonly, “A is isomorphic with B”.
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Translations
(biology) having a similar structure or function without genetic relation
having identical relevant structure
Further reading
isomorphic keyboard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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