isomorphic

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word isomorphic. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word isomorphic, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say isomorphic in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word isomorphic you have here. The definition of the word isomorphic will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofisomorphic, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

WOTD – 6 November 2013

Etymology

From iso- +‎ -morphic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

isomorphic (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) 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.
  2. (biology) 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.
  3. 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.

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".

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia