Allomorphism
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The property possessed by certain substances of assuming a different form while remaining unchanged in constitution.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The property of a
compound
which has more than one crystalline form or
allomorph
.
Word Usage
"The Haluk almost certainly have a severe overpopulation problem in their star-cluster that's being made worse by eradication of their allomorphism."
cross-reference
polymorphism