Meanings
plural anisomorphisms
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe 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.
2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 82Antonyms: bijection, isomorphism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
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Translations
Danish anisomorfisme
- anisomorfismedifferences between two languages
Finnish anisomorfia
- anisomorfiadifferences between two languages
French anisomorphisme
- anisomorphismedifferences between two languages
German Anisomorphie
- Anisomorphiedifferences between two languages
Icelandic missvörun
- missvörundifferences between two languages
Norwegian anisomorfisme
- anisomorfismedifferences between two languages
Polish anizomorfizm
- anizomorfizmdifferences between two languages
Portuguese anisomorfismo
- anisomorfismodifferences between two languages
Swedish anisomorfi
- anisomorfidifferences between two languages
Rhymes & wordplay
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