Morphology

Word MORPHOLOGY
Character 10
Hyphenation mor phol o gy
Pronunciations /mɔɹˈfɑlədʒi/

Definitions and meanings of "Morphology"

What do we mean by morphology?

The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function. noun

The form and structure of an organism or one of its parts. noun

The study of the structure and form of words in language or a language, including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds. noun

The science of organic form; the science of the outer form and internal structure (without regard to the functions) of animals and plants; that department of knowledge which treats both of the ideal types or plans of structure, and of their actual development or expression in living organisms. It has the same scope and application in organic nature that crystallology has in the inorganic. noun

The science of structure, or of forms, in language. noun

In physical geography, the study of the form of lands. noun

Structural psychology (which see). noun

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See tectology, and promorphology. noun

The form and structure of an organism. noun

The branch of linguistics which studies the patterns by which words are formed from other words, including inflection, compounding, and derivation. noun

The study of the patterns of inflection of words or word classes in any given language; the study of the patterns in which morphemes combine to form words, and the rules for combination; morphemics; ; also, the inflection patterns themselves. noun

A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: noun

The form and structure of something. noun

A description of the form and structure of something. noun

The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms noun

The admissible arrangement of sounds in words noun

The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants noun

Studies of the rules for forming admissible words noun

A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:

The form and structure of something.

A description of the form and structure of something.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Morphology

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The word "morphology" in example sentences

Make the connection to advice (noun) and advise (verb) – the morphology is the same but the distinction in pronunciation has been lost from practi [c, s] e. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is what we call morphology, which consists in tracing out the unity in variety of the infinitely diversified structures of animals and plants. ❋ Unknown (2003)

We understand many engines of variation and selection, see makers of common ancestry in morphology and genetics, as well as teh fossil record. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I detailed the basis of my notion of the scientific method as recognising that an alethic morphology is not an epistemic certainty. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

No, said Einstein, that alethic morphology is not an epistemic certainty. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

If you have a conviction that this or that alethic morphology is relevant, that conviction is only a subjective sensation. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Shared morphology is just one of them, but not the only one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Richardthughes: see makers of common ancestry in morphology and genetics, ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is often quantified as variations in morphology expressed as a deviation from the norm. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Early parental care is important for hippocampal maturation: evidence from brain morphology in humans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A group of Australian scientists have published an article claiming that Homo floriesiensis 'morphology is explained by dwarf cretinism, caused by a non-functioning thyroid. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The link between genes and morphology is complex, non-linear and relies partially on interactions with environmental factors, but to a good first approximation it's fair to say that genetic information specifies most morphological outcomes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In buying into this essentialist doctrine of a foundational morphology, Platonic and perfect, even the most ardently scientistic, for whom that morphology is a Great Equation rather than a Great Creator, are buying into the falsehood that underlies ontological arguments for the existence of God, the transference of "perfection" from a measure of the validity and relevance of a morphology as model to a measure of its power as program, as a Prime Cause. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

With sentience that morphology is inscribed into a strange media, the abstract morphemes becoming concretised, manifest as what I'll call aesthemes -- units of experience, units of sense. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

That a morphology is unfalsified and valid does not prove that it is correct -- if I can cause a cup to smash by throwing it at a wall, it does not follow that a smashed cup was caused by me throwing it at a wall -- but we can at least prove it incorrect if it is invalid and/or inconsistent with what we observe in the world. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

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