- 同素异形体 tóngsùyìxíngtǐ allotrope, allotropyphysical form of a chemical element that has distinct properties, or the existence of such forms; for example, graphite and diamond are both allotropes of carbon
- 两性异形 liǎngxìngyìxíng sexual dimorphismThe physical differences between males and females of the same species, such as size, color, or shape
- 同源异形 tóngyuányìxíng doublet(linguistics) Two or more words in a single language that come from the same original source word but have different forms and meanings.
- 异形词 yìxíngcí variant writing of a wordTerms with identical pronunciation and meaning but different written forms (e.g. [[唯一|唯一|wei2 yi1]] and [[惟一|惟一|wei2 yi1]])