pleomorphism

Other forms of pleomorphism

plural

pleomorphisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pleomorphism

What does pleomorphism mean?

pleomorphism means "(chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pleomorphism?

pleomorphism has 4 syllables: ple-o-mor-phism. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˌpliəˈmɔfɪzm/.

What is another word for pleomorphism?

Close synonyms include polymorphism. 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 pleomorphism a common word?

pleomorphism 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.