allomorph

英['æləmɔːf] 美['æləmɔːrf]
  • n.同质异晶;语素变体
  • allocation n.分配;配置;安置
  • financial adj.金融的;财政的;有钱的
  • of prep.关于;...的(表所属);出身于;由于
  • resources n.资源;才智;储备力量名词resource的复数形式.
Noun:
  1. any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound;

    "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"

  2. a variant phonological representation of a morpheme;

    "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"