slovo | definícia |
pleomorphism (encz) | pleomorphism,mnohotvarost n: Zdeněk Brož |
pleomorphism (encz) | pleomorphism,pleomorfismus n: [bio.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Pleomorphism (gcide) | Pleomorphism \Ple`o*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. ? more + morfh` form.]
1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing under two or
more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and
trimorphism.
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2. (Biol.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are
phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean
species, each of which may exhibit, according to
undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms
characteristic of the different genera and species.
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pleomorphism (wn) | pleomorphism
n 1: (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of
the same chemical compound [syn: polymorphism,
pleomorphism]
2: (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different
forms in the life cycle of some organisms |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
pleomorphism (encz) | pleomorphism,mnohotvarost n: Zdeněk Brožpleomorphism,pleomorfismus n: [bio.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pleomorphism (wn) | pleomorphism
n 1: (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of
the same chemical compound [syn: polymorphism,
pleomorphism]
2: (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different
forms in the life cycle of some organisms |
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