anisomorphism

noun
/ˌænˌaɪsə(ʊ)ˈmɔɹfɪzəm/

Etymology

From an- + isomorphism.

Definitions

  1. The absence of an exact correspondence between words etc. in two different languages

    The absence of an exact correspondence between words etc. in two different languages; the differences between two given languages that create mismatches in a translation dictionary.

    • These well-known examples of the ‘imperfect matching’ or anisomorphism of languages do not really support the conclusion that translation is impossible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anisomorphism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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