isomorphism n.

"similarity of form," 1822, in John George Children's translation from French of Berzelius's "The Use of the Blow-pipe in Chemical Analysis," from French l'isomorphisme, from German Isomorphismus (1819), coined by German chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) from Greek isos "equal, identical" (see iso-) + morphe "form, appearance," a word of uncertain etymology.

Mr. Children has, very properly in our estimation, wholly omitted the formulae, translating them into plain English in notes at the bottom of the page; we wish he had exerted the same discretionary judgment with respect to the isomorphisms and left them out likewise. [from a review of Children's book in The Quarterly Review of Science, Literature, and the Arts, vol. xiii, 1822]

词汇	isomorphism
词源	isomorphism n. "similarity of form," 1822, in John George Children's translation from French of Berzelius's "The Use of the Blow-pipe in Chemical Analysis," from French l'isomorphisme, from German Isomorphismus (1819), coined by German chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) from Greek isos "equal, identical" (see iso-) + morphe "form, appearance," a word of uncertain etymology. Mr. Children has, very properly in our estimation, wholly omitted the formulae, translating them into plain English in notes at the bottom of the page; we wish he had exerted the same discretionary judgment with respect to the isomorphisms and left them out likewise. [from a review of Children's book in The Quarterly Review of Science, Literature, and the Arts, vol. xiii, 1822] Entries linking to isomorphism iso- before vowels often is-, word-forming element meaning "equal, similar, identical; isometric," from Greek isos "equal to, the same as; equally divided; fair, impartial (of persons); even, level (of ground)," as in isometor "like one's mother." In English used properly only with words of Greek origin; the Latin equivalent is equi- (see equi-). isomorph n. "that which has the same form as another but belongs to a different group," 1850 of mineral substances; 1885 in zoology, probably a back-formation from isomorphism (q.v.), but used earlier in German (1821).. updated on August 16, 2020
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isomorphism n.

Entries linking to isomorphism