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idiomorphic
[id-ee-uh-mawr-fik]
adjective
Also (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
having its own characteristic form.
idiomorphic
/ ˌɪɪəʊˈɔːɪ /
adjective
(of minerals) occurring naturally in the form of well-developed crystals
Other 51Թ Forms
- idiomorphically adverb
- idiomorphism noun
- ˌ徱ˈǰ adverb
- ˌ徱ˈǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of idiomorphic1
Example Sentences
Idiomorphic, id-i-o-mor′fik, adj. having a peculiar or distinctive form.
Many felsites contain porphyritic crystals of clear quartz in rounded blebs, more or less idiomorphic felspar, and occasionally biotite.
The augite is mostly a variety of diopside and is only occasionally idiomorphic.
Nabokov's treatment of these themes is idiomorphic; his form is flashingly and immutably his own.
Typical nepheline-dolerites are scarce, and consist of idiomorphic augite, surrounded by nepheline.
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