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Dimorphism vs Monomorphism - What's the difference?

dimorphism | monomorphism |

In biology terms the difference between dimorphism and monomorphism

is that dimorphism is the occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual while monomorphism is the absence of sexual dimorphism.

dimorphism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
  • (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
  • (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

    • Related terms

    * dimorphic * dimorphous

    Derived terms

    * sexual dimorphism

    See also

    * polymorphism

    monomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia monomorphism) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) an injective homomorphism
  • (biology) the absence of sexual dimorphism
  • (category theory) A morphism n'' such that for any other morphisms ''f'' and ''g'', if n \circ f = n \circ g then ''f'' = ''g .

    • Abbreviations

    * (in category theory) mono

    Hyponyms

    * (in category theory) bimorphism ⊃ isomorphism

    Related terms

    * (in category theory) epimorphism, isomorphism, monic