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Isomorphous

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i·so·mor·phism  (s-môrfzm)
n.
1. Biology Similarity in form, as in organisms of different ancestry.
2. Mathematics A one-to-one correspondence between the elements of two sets such that the result of an operation on elements of one set corresponds to the result of the analogous operation on their images in the other set.
3. A close similarity in the crystalline structure of two or more substances of similar chemical composition.
iso·morphous adj.
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Adj.1.isomorphous - having similar appearance but genetically different
isomorphic
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms


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[11-14], more than half deal with inclusions, isomorphous replacements, twinning, stacking faults, vacancies, other point defects, and, of course, dislocations.
Towards near perfect crystals with only well-characterized ... by Peiser, H. Steffen / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chymosin is many times larger than any molecule whose structure had previously been determined without the use of isomorphous replacement, molecular replacement or anomalous dispersion, and the map demonstrates the potential of maximum-entropy methods in macromolecular structure determination.
Macromolecular crystallography and structural biology databases at ... by Gilliland, Gary L. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
c] superconductor phases were reported in the literature, including new structure types as well as single phases and solid solutions isomorphous to known structures.
JCPDS-ICDD research Associateship (cooperative program with NBS/NIST) by Mighell, A.D. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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