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morphological, a.|mɔːfəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[Formed as prec. + -al1.]
1. Biol. Of, pertaining to, or derived from morphology; such as is described, investigated, or ascertained by morphology.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 84 No order can be more instructively studied with a view to morphological inquiries [than the Pomaceæ]. 1876E. R. Lankester Hist. Creat. I. ii. 30 All the known morphological phenomena in the animal and vegetable kingdoms. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 77 The distinctions drawn were..purely morphological.
2. Philol. Pertaining to morphology; based on characteristics of form.
1860Farrar Orig. Lang. ix. 185 Pott's formula for the morphological classification of language. 1861Max Müller Sci. Lang. 75 In these languages..we shall have to be satisfied with the criteria of a morphological affinity, instead of those of a genealogical relationship.
3. gen. Of or pertaining to the history of form; hence simply: as regards form; in or of form.
Cf. the parallel sense-development in morphology (sense 4).
1865Lecky Ration. I. 315 Another branch of scientific progress which I may notice on account of its influence upon speculative opinions is the rapid growth of a morphological conception of the universe. 1885C. F. Keary in Numism. Chron. V. 165 General Pitt-Rivers, taking up the same kind of morphological study in relation to other objects, has arranged a collection of..human implements, and has communicated..papers upon their morphology. Ibid. 168 The morphological aspect of the coin-type. 1895N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallography i. 3 By reference to this system of planes, it is possible to establish the morphological relationship of all crystals of the same substance, whatever faces they may exhibit. 1918Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CLV. 70 The cardiac signs and symptoms produced as a result of hypothyroidism are not due to morphological alterations in the heart muscle. 1972D. Herbert Urban Geogr. iii. 66 A clear indication of past functional patterns can often be obtained from the morphological evidence which is left in the urban landscape. 1974D. McKie Crystalline Solids xi. 384 Morphological studies are..applicable only to substances which form well developed crystals.
4. Min. morphological axis (see quots.).
1878Gurney Crystallogr. 38 The axis of hexagonal symmetry in the Rhombohedral System and the axis of tetragonal symmetry in the Pyramidal System are called morphological axes. 1895Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. 128 Where two or more planes of symmetry lying in a zone are conformable, their zone-axis will be termed a morphological axis or axis of form for the system. |