Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PSEUDOMORPHOUS
a.[pseudo and Gr. form. ] Not having the true form. A pseudomorphous mineral is one which has received its form from some extraneous cause, not from natural crystallization.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PSEUDOMORPH
Pseu "do *morph, n. Etym: [See Pseudomorphous. ]
1. An irregular or deceptive form.
2. (Crystallog.)
Defn: A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.
PSEUDOMORPHISM
PSEUDOMORPHISM Pseu `do *mor "phism, n. (Crystallog.)
Defn: The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.
PSEUDOMORPHOUS
Pseu `do *mor "phous, a. Etym: [Gr. pseudomorphe.]
Defn: Not having the true form. Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pseudomorph
pseu do morph |ˈso͞odəˌmôrf ˈsudoʊˌmɔrf |Crystallography ▶noun a crystal consisting of one mineral but having the form of another which it has replaced. ▶verb [ with obj. ] replace (another substance ) to form a pseudomorph. DERIVATIVES pseu do mor phic |ˌso͞odōˈmôrfik |adjective, pseu do mor phism |ˌso͞odōˈmôrˌfizəm |noun, pseu do mor phous |ˌso͞odōˈmôrfəs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pseudo- ‘false ’ + Greek morphē ‘form. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pseudomorph
pseudomorph |ˈsjuːdə (ʊ )mɔːf |Crystallography ▶noun a crystal consisting of one mineral but having the form of another. ▶verb [ with obj. ] replace (another substance ) to form a pseudomorph. DERIVATIVES pseudomorphic |-ˈmɔːfɪk |adjective, pseudomorphism |-ˈmɔːfɪz (ə )m |noun, pseudomorphous |-ˈmɔːfəs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pseudo- ‘false ’ + Greek morphē ‘form ’.
Duden Dictionary
pseudomorph
pseu do morph Adjektiv Mineralogie |pseudom o rph |Pseudomorphose aufweisend
Pseudomorphose
Pseu do mor pho se Substantiv, feminin Mineralogie , die |Pseudomorph o se |gebildet nach Metamorphose [Auftreten eines ] Mineral [s ] in der Kristallform eines anderen Minerals
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