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Definition of biomorph in English: biomorphnoun ˈbʌɪəʊmɔːfˈbaɪəmɔrf 1A decorative form or object based on or resembling a living organism. Example sentencesExamples - Favoured motifs include the stylized biomorphs, such as the cat demon, and bodiless heads.
- Working mostly with polyester resin, he has created a series of crypto-functional biomorphs that thrive on category confusion: you're as likely to wonder what they do as what they mean.
- The shadow inside an ear or a loop of hair becomes a biomorph.
- A green crenellated line bisecting one half of a window is echoed in the other half by a vertical chain of red biomorphs outlined in yellow.
- 1.1 A graphical representation of an organism generated on a computer, used to model evolution.
Example sentencesExamples - To get an idea of how the biomorph is changing, imagine that there is a knob associated with each of the eight genes comprising the biomorph's genome.
- Each biomorph is constituted of 9 genes.
- The biomorphs start out as tree-like shapes, whose physical conformation is determined by 9 different genes, affecting things like the length and angle of branches, the colour, etc.
- For example, Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, in his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, describes his fascination with ‘biomorphs’ - simple computerized two-dimensional branching patterns that seem to evolve right in front of his eyes.
- The top-left biomorph is the parent and the other eleven are its children (differing by one randomly selected gene).
Derivatives adjective bʌɪəʊˈmɔːfɪk These boards are in turn supported by playful, biomorphic iron stands that give a sculptura form (at least when viewed from the rear) to the otherwise two-dimensional, photo-derived objects. Example sentencesExamples - His elegant, biomorphic sculptural shapes are recognizable at first as found objects: bones, husks, driftwood.
- In other words, the works all draw inspiration from nature and biomorphic shapes, representing a widespread artistic convention of the World War II and post-war period.
- The message these award-winning elasticated biomorphic globules and tumbling-dice skull shapes bring (in bone-grey against simmering orange) is not one of joy or satisfaction, but rather one of anguish.
- One can encounter a monstrous biomorphic creature that would seem more at home in a surrealist painting (or a work by Francis Bacon) than in an adventure game.
Definition of biomorph in US English: biomorphnounˈbīəmôrfˈbaɪəmɔrf 1A decorative form or object based on or resembling a living organism. Example sentencesExamples - Favoured motifs include the stylized biomorphs, such as the cat demon, and bodiless heads.
- Working mostly with polyester resin, he has created a series of crypto-functional biomorphs that thrive on category confusion: you're as likely to wonder what they do as what they mean.
- The shadow inside an ear or a loop of hair becomes a biomorph.
- A green crenellated line bisecting one half of a window is echoed in the other half by a vertical chain of red biomorphs outlined in yellow.
- 1.1 A graphical representation of an organism generated on a computer, used to model evolution.
Example sentencesExamples - The biomorphs start out as tree-like shapes, whose physical conformation is determined by 9 different genes, affecting things like the length and angle of branches, the colour, etc.
- The top-left biomorph is the parent and the other eleven are its children (differing by one randomly selected gene).
- To get an idea of how the biomorph is changing, imagine that there is a knob associated with each of the eight genes comprising the biomorph's genome.
- Each biomorph is constituted of 9 genes.
- For example, Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, in his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, describes his fascination with ‘biomorphs’ - simple computerized two-dimensional branching patterns that seem to evolve right in front of his eyes.
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