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Dimorphous   Listen
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Dimorphous  adj.  
1.
(Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.
2.
(Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.





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... in two different ways. Substances can crystallize in seven different systems, and usually a given substance is found in one of these systems only; e.g. galena is invariably cubical. An element having two such forms is said to be dimorphous. If it crystallizes in three systems, it is trimorphous. A crystal has a definite arrangement of its molecules. If without crystalline form, a substance is called amorphous. An illustration of amorphism was S after it had been poured ...
— An Introduction to Chemical Science • R.P. Williams


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