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pseudomorph

pseudomorph noun: a deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically.

Noun

pseudomorph (plural pseudomorphs)

  1. A deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically
  2. A mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral (or organic matter) such that the new mineral has the appearance and dimensions of the original.
    • Petrified wood is a silicic pseudomorph of the original wood.
    • The first kind of pseudomorphs, are pseudomorphs by alteration; the second, pseudomorphs by replacement; the third, pseudomorphs by infiltration; the fourth, pseudomorphs by incrustation.1852, James D. Dana, A Manual of Mineralogy, page 54

Verb

pseudomorph (third-person singular simple present pseudomorphs, present participle pseudomorphing, simple past and past participle pseudomorphed)

  1. To be transformed into such a form

pseudomorph meaning in Tamil and Bengali

pseudomorph in Tamil

பொய்ப்படிகம்

pseudomorph in Bengali

বিভ্রান্তিকর, অনিয়মিত, মিথ্যা রূপ

Forms of pseudomorph

Noun
pluralpseudomorphs
Verb
third-person singular presentpseudomorphs
present participlepseudomorphing
past participlepseudomorphed
pastpseudomorphed

Origin of pseudomorph

From pseudo- (“false”) + -morph (“form”).

Words formed from pseudomorph

Questions about pseudomorph

What does pseudomorph mean?
Pseudomorph means a deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically.
What is pseudomorph in Tamil?
Pseudomorph in Tamil is பொய்ப்படிகம். See Pseudomorph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pseudomorph?
Pseudomorph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of pseudomorph?
The plural of pseudomorph is pseudomorphs.

Words near pseudomorph in the dictionary

  1. pseudomonosis
  2. pseudomonotheistic
  3. pseudomonotone
  4. pseudomoral
  5. pseudomorality
  6. pseudomorph
  7. pseudomorphed
  8. pseudomorphic
  9. pseudomorphically
  10. pseudomorphine
  11. pseudomorphines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudomorph (page history and authors); pseudomorph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pseudomorph (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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