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infomorph

infomorph noun: a virtual body of information that may possess emergent features such as personality.

Noun

infomorph (plural infomorphs)

  1. A virtual body of information that may possess emergent features such as personality.

Forms of infomorph

pluralinfomorphs

Origin of infomorph

From info- + -morph. Coined in Charles Platt's 1991 novel The Silicon Man, where it refers to a single biological consciousness transferred into a computer.

Questions about infomorph

What does infomorph mean?
Infomorph means a virtual body of information that may possess emergent features such as personality.
What part of speech is infomorph?
Infomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of infomorph?
The plural of infomorph is infomorphs.

Words near infomorph in the dictionary

  1. infomercialization
  2. infomercials
  3. infometrics
  4. infommercial
  5. infommercials
  6. infomorph
  7. infomorphs
  8. infon
  9. infonaut
  10. infonauts
  11. infons

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