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dimorphous
[ dahy-mawr-fuhs ]
adjective
- having two forms.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dimorphous1
Example Sentences
And those people, the ones who used these dimorphous expressions, found it easier to regulate their intense feelings, says lead study author Oriana Aragón, PhD, a psychologist at Yale University.
ChamæcyparÃssus has narrower, more erect and bushy branches, and the leaves less distinctly dimorphous.—Woods and thickets; common, especially northward.
Such substances, which are identical in chemical composition, but different in crystalline form and consequently in their physical properties, are said to be “dimorphous.â€
Acanthite is a supposed dimorphous form, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system, but it is probable that the crystals are really distorted crystals of argentite.
Metacinnabarite is a cubic form of mercuric sulphide, this compound being dimorphous.
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