Dimorphism

Dimorphism or dimorphic may refer to:

Science

Dimorphic root systems, plant roots with two distinctive forms for two separate functions
Polymorphism (biology), for the occurrence of two or more different morphs or forms of the same species
- Sexual dimorphism, a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species
Nuclear dimorphism, when a cell's nuclear apparatus is composed of two structurally and functionally differentiated types of nuclei
Frond dimorphism, differing forms of fern fronds between the sterile and fertile fronds
Phenotypic dimorphism, switching between two cell-types
- Dimorphic fungi, fungi which undergo this type of switching
Dimorphism (geology), the property of some substances to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

Semilinear map, a homomorphism between modules, paired with the associated homomorphism between the respective base rings