idiomorphic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(id′ē ə môrfik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
id•i•o•mor•phic  (id′ē ə môrfik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. RocksAlso, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock;
    automorphic.
  2. having its own characteristic form.
  • Greek idiómorph(os) having an individual form (see idio-, -morphous) + -ic
  • 1885–90
id′i•o•morphi•cal•ly, adv. 
id′i•o•morphism, n. 

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