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isomorphic ai-suh-MOR-fik adjective similar in form; identical in form 1968Priest Kings of Gor...it would be a physical model of that same history, an isomorphic analogue of her past as she had experienced it.1981The Divine Invasion'This apparently is a furtive life form. It's not isomorphic with us. It doesn't think the way we do.'1983The Warlock WanderingBut there's a gadget in the back of the ship called an 'isomorpher,' and when the pilot turns it on, it makes us isomorphic with H-space.1988Foucault's Pendulum...what is above is isomorphic to what is below.Labels: Christopher Stasheff, John Norman, Philip K. Dick
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