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Morphology   /mɔrfˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
Morphology

noun
1.
The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants.
2.
Studies of the rules for forming admissible words.
3.
The admissible arrangement of sounds in words.  Synonyms: sound structure, syllable structure, word structure.
4.
The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.  Synonym: geomorphology.



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compound morphology
derivational morphology
inflectional morphology
rule of morphology


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... Species," published Nov. 1859; special notes of Darwin's personal experiences; remarkable growth of morphology and embryology since its publication; opposition to the new views; criticisms of leading journals and reviews; second edition of "Origin," called for in six weeks; third, in March 1861; historical sketch of progress of ...
— Life of Charles Darwin • G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
... reproducing them. I observed, "that the doctrine of Evolution is the most formidable opponent of all the commoner and coarser forms of Teleology. But perhaps the most remarkable service to the Philosophy of Biology rendered by Mr. Darwin is the reconciliation of Teleology and Morphology, and the explanation of the facts of both, which his views offer. The teleology which supposes that the eye, such as we see it in man, or one of the higher vertebrata, was made with the precise structure it exhibits, for the purpose ...
— The Reception of the 'Origin of Species' • Thomas Henry Huxley
... the morphology contains one quite obvious difference from those of his predecessors: he isolates the particles of the language as separate elements of the structure. While his effort is more or less carelessly maintained by the type setter, his attempt to establish a division between ...
— Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language • Diego Collado
... but a part of the "preparation." The teacher must not remain thus on the threshold of life, like those scientists who are destined to observe plants and animals, and who are accordingly satisfied with what morphology and physiology can offer. Nor is it her mission to remain intent upon "derangements in the functions of the body," like the medical specialist in infantile disease, who is content with pathology. She must recognize that ...
— Spontaneous Activity in Education • Maria Montessori


Words linked to "Morphology" :   general anatomy, morphologic, lithology, biological science, accidence, petrology, tectonics, grammar, plate tectonic theory, derivational morphology, geophysics, inflectional morphology, anatomy, compound morphology, affixation, word structure, geophysical science, sound structure, plate tectonics, morphological, biology, structure


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