"isomorphism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-isomorphism.ogg [US] Forms: isomorphisms [plural]
Etymology: iso- + -morphism Etymology templates: {{confix|en|iso|morphism}} iso- + -morphism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} isomorphism (countable and uncountable, plural isomorphisms)
  1. Similarity of form
    (biology) the similarity in form of organisms, which may be due to convergent evolution or shared genetic background, e.g. an algae species in which the haploid and diploid life stages are indistinguishable based on morphology.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (the similarity in form of organisms of different ancestry): изоморфи́зъм (izomorfízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), izomorfismus [masculine] (Czech), isomorfismi (Finnish), isomorphisme [masculine] (French), izomorfizmus (Hungarian), isomorfismo [masculine] (Italian), isomorfismo [masculine] (Portuguese), изоморфи́зм (izomorfízm) [masculine] (Russian), izomorfizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), isomorfismo [masculine] (Spanish), kasanyuan (Tagalog), ізоморфі́зм (izomorfízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-pZy0TH2A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 8 1 8 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'the similarity in form of organisms of different ancestry': 50 13 14 8 2 6 6
  2. Similarity of form
    (chemistry) the similarity in the crystal structures of similar chemical compounds.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-IEVfgf8v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 8 1 8 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. Similarity of form
    (sociology) the similarity in the structure or processes of different organizations.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun--2pUq-TZ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  4. Similarity of form Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-NEkmqHBQ
  5. A one-to-one correspondence
    (group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f⁻¹ are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Functions Translations (bidirectionally structure-preserving bijection): 同構 (Chinese Mandarin), 同构 (tónggòu) (Chinese Mandarin), izomorfismus [masculine] (Czech), isomorfi [common-gender] (Danish), isomorfisme [neuter] (Dutch), izomorfio (Esperanto), isomorfismi (Finnish), Isomorphismus [masculine] (German), izomorfia (Hungarian), einsmótun [feminine] (Icelandic), изоморфизм (izomorfizm) (Kazakh), isomorfismo [masculine] (Portuguese), изоморфизм (izomorfizm) [masculine] (Russian), isomorfismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-qVdoE9Sf Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Disambiguation of 'bidirectionally structure-preserving bijection': 11 11 17 2 24 16 18
  6. A one-to-one correspondence
    (computer science) a one-to-one correspondence between all the elements of two sets, e.g. the instances of two classes, or the records in two datasets.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-Itm3BsCx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 8 1 8 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  7. A one-to-one correspondence
    (category theory) A morphism which has a two-sided inverse; the composition of the morphism and such an inverse yields either one of two identity morphisms (depending on the order of composition).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Category theory Synonyms (in category theory): iso
    Sense id: en-isomorphism-en-noun-dXAthNj6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with iso-, English terms suffixed with -morphism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 8 1 8 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 15 10 1 12 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iso-: 14 11 9 4 8 14 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -morphism: 16 11 8 2 10 15 38 Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'in category theory': 13 15 11 2 12 18 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Curry-Howard isomorphism, natural isomorphism, ring isomorphism Related terms: isomorphic, isomorphous, Isomorphism on Encyclopedia of Mathematics, isomorphism on nLab, Isomorphism on Wolfram MathWorld, Graph Isomorphism on Wolfram MathWorld, Natural Isomorphism on Wolfram MathWorld

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