isomorphic

[ahy-suh-mawr-fik] /ˌaɪ səˈmɔr fɪk/
adjective
1.
Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
2.
Chemistry, Crystallography, isomorphous.
3.
Mathematics. pertaining to two sets related by an isomorphism.
Origin
1860-65; iso- + -morphic
Related forms
unisomorphic, adjective
Examples from the web for isomorphic
  • Every area of the brain has been shown to have structurally specific networks that are isomorphic of the information they process.
  • All of the different representations of the same graph, are said to be isomorphic to one another.
  • Sometimes it is not so easy to tell that two graphs are isomorphic.
British Dictionary definitions for isomorphic

isomorphic

/ˌaɪsəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
adjective
1.
exhibiting isomorphism
Word Origin and History for isomorphic
adj.

1862, from iso- + Greek morphe (see Morpheus).

isomorphic in Medicine

isomorphic i·so·mor·phic (ī'sə-môr'fĭk)
adj.

  1. Having a similar structure or appearance but being of different ancestry.

  2. Related by an isomorphism.

isomorphic in Technology

mathematics
Two mathematical objects are isomorphic if they have the same structure, i.e. if there is an isomorphism between them. For every component of one there is a corresponding component of the other.
(1995-03-25)