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		Definition of morphology in English: morphologynounPlural morphologies mɔːˈfɒlədʒimɔrˈfɑlədʒi 1mass noun The study of the forms of things. - 1.1 The branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Given the relationship with male morphology, another question arising from these studies is what determines wasp body size.
 -  Analysis of covariance revealed some relationships between subspecies morphology / growth habit and local environmental conditions.
 -  Organisms were identified by morphology and biochemical reactions.
 -  Indeed, far more studies have examined the relationship between morphology and performance than between performance and fitness.
 -  Gross changes in chromosome morphology occur at each mitosis.
 
  - 1.2Linguistics  The study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms.
 grammar is organized along two main dimensions: morphology and syntax  a generative approach to Italian morphology  Example sentencesExamples -  Of central concern is the relationship between morphology and phonology.
 -  The general implication is that the ambiguities that exist in the relationships between orthography, phonology, and morphology underlie spelling knowledge.
 -  French has inflectional morphology to indicate plurality, person, number, and tense, so inflection is not a foreign concept.
 -  In some circumstances, languages borrow morphology as well as vocabulary.
 -  Dialect encompasses various aspects of the language - syntax, morphology, lexicon, phonology.
 
  
 2A particular form, shape, or structure.  Example sentencesExamples -  Orchids display a vast array of floral morphologies and pollination mechanisms.
 -  In addition, the species differ in wing morphologies.
 -  So we can make a more general study of the functional morphology, the behaviour and the general anatomy of the animal.
 -  It might be worth stating how problematic it can be to study morphology through time in a geographically restricted subset of a species.
 -  Further, individual follicles produce feathers of different morphologies over the course of their life.
 -  Leaf anatomy and morphology were studied in 11 tree species growing in an undisturbed forest for over 50 years.
 -  Such flat morphologies are common in the Central Andes.
 -  Ferns represent the majority of independent evolutions of leaf morphologies that suggest departures from strictly marginal growth.
 -  The general geometric morphologies of elements from the two populations are also very similar.
 -  Species were chosen to comprise a range of morphologies within the green stem habit, with large differences in the ratio of leaf to total photosynthetic area.
 -  The largest and finest crystals - many having very complex morphologies - crystallize in the pillow pockets.
 -  The morphologies of these previously distinct element types probably begin to merge, but they still represent two separate element pairs.
 -  It will be important to directly quantify the flight costs of different tail morphologies in these and closely related species.
 -  A single follicle will produce different morphologies on the same bird in the same spot depending on which generation the feather is.
 -  Second, most morphologies related to strictly marginal growth are now associated only with ferns.
 -  Many Paleozoic forms, now extinct, had very unusual morphologies.
 -  The experiment was repeated for species of contrasting shoot and root morphologies: carrot, cabbage and onion, in separate years.
 -  Students discovered unusual morphologies, and they learned of the often extreme physical and chemical attributes of urban soils.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 19th century: from Greek morphē 'form' + -logy.    Definition of morphology in US English: morphologynounmôrˈfäləjēmɔrˈfɑlədʒi 1The study of the forms of things. - 1.1Biology  The branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Indeed, far more studies have examined the relationship between morphology and performance than between performance and fitness.
 -  Analysis of covariance revealed some relationships between subspecies morphology / growth habit and local environmental conditions.
 -  Given the relationship with male morphology, another question arising from these studies is what determines wasp body size.
 -  Organisms were identified by morphology and biochemical reactions.
 -  Gross changes in chromosome morphology occur at each mitosis.
 
  - 1.2Linguistics  The study of the forms of words.
 Example sentencesExamples -  French has inflectional morphology to indicate plurality, person, number, and tense, so inflection is not a foreign concept.
 -  The general implication is that the ambiguities that exist in the relationships between orthography, phonology, and morphology underlie spelling knowledge.
 -  In some circumstances, languages borrow morphology as well as vocabulary.
 -  Dialect encompasses various aspects of the language - syntax, morphology, lexicon, phonology.
 -  Of central concern is the relationship between morphology and phonology.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 19th century: from Greek morphē ‘form’ + -logy.     |