idiomorphic

idiomorphic
idiomorphically, adv.idiomorphism, n.
/id'ee euh mawr"fik/, adj.
1. Also, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
2. having its own characteristic form.
[1885-90; < Gk idiómorph(os) having an individual form (see IDIO-, -MORPHOUS) + -IC]

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