Isomorphic

3 definitions found

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

  Isomorphic \I`so*mor"phic\, a.
     1. Isomorphous.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) Alike in form; exhibiting isomorphism.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     3. Of or pertaining to sets related by an isomorphism.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  isomorphic
       adj : having similar appearance but genetically different [syn: {isomorphous}]

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

  isomorphic
       
           Two mathematical objects are isomorphic if they
          have the same structure, i.e. if there is an {isomorphism}
          between them.  For every component of one there is a
          corresponding component of the other.
       
          (1995-03-25)