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Definition of Dimorphism
1. Noun. (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
2. Noun. (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).
Definition of Dimorphism
1. n. Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
Definition of Dimorphism
1. Noun. (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. ¹
2. Noun. (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dimorphism
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Medical Definition of Dimorphism
1. Having two different distinct forms of individuals within the same species or two different distinct forms of parts within the same organism. For plants, it could refer to different leaf types, flowers, etc. For animals, it could refer to different colouring, sizes, features, etc. Sexual dimorphism is a common case, where the two sexes have different shapes, sizes, etc. From each other. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimorphism
Literary usage of Dimorphism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"ENTOMOLOGY.1 dimorphism IN ... first record in this country, if not elsewhere,
of the actual proof of dimorphism in the Cyni- ..."
2. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1894)
"dimorphism.—My business is, to point out the connected truths which have been
obtained by philosophers, rather than insulated difficulties which still stand ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"vario- laria Lam., and elegant Sow., with respect to dimorphism. ... propounded his
view of the dimorphism of the species of Nummulites and of other ..."
4. The Germ-plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann (1893)
"In connection with the attempt to trace sexual dimorphism to its origin in the
... possibly throw a new light upon the causes of sexual dimorphism. ..."
5. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"dimorphism AND DISCONTINUOUS VARIATION. dimorphism in the earwig and in the
crab—How to distinguish between species and varieties, as instanced by ..."
6. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"... of the sterility of first crosses and of hybrids —Parallelism between the
effects of changed conditions of life and of crossing—dimorphism and ..."
7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1848)
"The cases of dimorphism hitherto observed, including those relating to simple
substances, are as follows:— Carbon in the diamond forms crystals belonging to ..."
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