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xenomorphously

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Etymology

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From xenomorphous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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xenomorphously (comparative more xenomorphously, superlative most xenomorphously)

  1. (petrography, of a mineral grain) In a xenomorphous manner.
    • 1991, Sidney Mindess, National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.), American Ceramic Society, Advances in cementitious materials
      Alite may be xenomorphously or hypidimorphously shaped, with the grain sizes of the alite crystals varying between 0.010 to 0.030 mm.