Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound;
- Example: "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"2.
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme;
- Example: "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paramorph \Par"a*morph\, n. [Pref. para- + Gr. morfh` form.]
1. (Min.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a
change of physical characters, by a change in crystal
structure without alteration of chemical composition, as
the change of aragonite to calcite; called also
allomorph.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Biol.) A taxonomic variant observed within a species, for
which a more specific term has not been assigned.
[PJC] -- par`a*mor"phic, a. -- par`a*mor"phous, a.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Allomorph \Al"lo*morph\, n. [Gr. ? other + morfh` form.] (Min.)
(a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of
the same substance; or the substance having such
forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the
allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
(b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial
or complete change or substitution of material; --
thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
--G. H. Williams.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
allomorph
n 1: any of several different crystalline forms of the same
chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the
allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
2: a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the
final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are
allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"