- morphology
- study of forms and the development of structures
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morphology
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Morphology — may mean: Morphology (linguistics), the study of the structure and content of word forms Morphology (biology), the study of the form or shape of an organism or part thereof Morphology (molecular), study of how the shape and form of molecules… … Wikipedia
Morphology — Mor*phol o*gy, n. [Gr. morfh form + logy: cf. F. morphologie.] 1. (Biol.) 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Morphology — Morphology. См. Морфология. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
morphology — (n.) 1824 in biology (from Ger. Morphologie, 1817); 1869 in philology; from MORPHO (Cf. morpho ) + LOGY (Cf. logy). Related: Morphological; morphologist. Related: Morphologist … Etymology dictionary
morphology — is the study of the structure and form of words. It includes both inflection (how words change their forms according to grammatical function, e.g. come, comes, came, etc.) and derivation (how one word is formed from another, e.g. unhelpful from… … Modern English usage
morphology — [môr fäl′ə jē] n. [Ger morphologie, coined (1822) by GOETHE Johann Wolfgang von < Gr morphē, form + Ger logie, LOGY] 1. the branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants 2. a) the branch of linguistics that… … English World dictionary
morphology — morphologic /mawr feuh loj ik/, morphological, adj. morphologically, adv. morphologist, n. /mawr fol euh jee/, n. 1. the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms. 2. the form and structure of an organism considered as a… … Universalium
morphology — lit. form, shape or structure. Can be applied in physical geography e.g. the morphology of a hill, or human geography e.g. the morphology of a village … Geography glossary
morphology — [[t]mɔː(r)fɒ̱ləʤi[/t]] N UNCOUNT The morphology of something is its form and structure. In linguistics, morphology refers to the way words are constructed with stems, prefixes, and suffixes. [TECHNICAL] … English dictionary
morphology — morfologija statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Mokslas, nagrinėjantis augalų sandaros dėsningumus ir formų susidarymo procesus jų ontogenezės ir filogenezės metu. atitikmenys: angl. morphology rus. морфология … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
Morphology (folkloristics) — Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales. Folkloristic morphology owes its existence to two seminal researchers and theorists: Russian scholar … Wikipedia
