What is the meaning of allomorph?

noun

  • Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound.
    • usage: "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
  • A variant phonological representation of a morpheme.
    • usage: "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
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