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单词 biomorph
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Definition of biomorph in English:

biomorph

noun 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. 1.1 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

  • biomorphic

  • 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:

biomorph

nounˈbīəmôrfˈbaɪəmɔrf
  • 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. 1.1 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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