isomorphic

1. 1.

   having similar appearance but genetically different

   Synonymsisomorphous

   biology

Questions about isomorphic

What does isomorphic mean?

isomorphic means "having similar appearance but genetically different".

How many syllables are in isomorphic?

isomorphic has 4 syllables: i-so-mor-phic. The stress falls on "mor".

What is another word for isomorphic?

Close synonyms include isomorphous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is isomorphic a common word?

isomorphic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.