Homomorphism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homomorphism \Ho`mo*mor"phism\, n. [See {Homomorphous}.]
     1. (Biol.) Same as {Homomorphy}.
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     2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only
        one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism,


        dimorphism, and trimorphism.
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     3. (Zool.) The possession of but one kind of larv[ae] or
        young, as in most insects.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homomorphism
       n : similarity of form [syn: {homomorphy}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  homomorphism
       
          A map f between groups A and B is a homomorphism of A into B
          if
          	f(a1 * a2) = f(a1) * f(a2)  for all a1,a2 in A.
       
          where the *s are the respective group operations.