morphology
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- noun
- /mɔrˈfɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- In the periphery of the carcinoid, a small area with similar morphology to the diagnosed adenocarcinoma was detected.
- urban morphology
- channel morphology
- surface morphology
Examples
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The theme of settlement morphology shaped by transportation is continued in Colten's chapter on changing transportation technology.
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The location of the city also relates to the morphology of the Judean hills.
Academic text (1990) -
As a result, the church greatly influenced the morphology of the early medieval city.
Academic text (1994) -
Field data on beach morphology and sediment characteristics were gathered at sites identified by boldface type.
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Though travelers and scholars have long noted the site's strange morphology, its function in Inca times is a source of enduring mystery.
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Essentially identical: By design, basins were essentially identical in morphology and hydrology.
Academic text (1998) -
Below the sediment-water interface, the morphology of organisms and the physical attributes of the environment differ markedly.
Academic text (2000) -
There are other species that also manage to persist in the old-growth canopy that exhibit clearly distinctive morphologies.
Academic text (2011) -
Secondary electron imaging (SEI mode) was used for better visualization of the morphology of the ambient-air particles.
Academic text (2004) -
The morphology of the canyon reveals the processes that shaped the land over millions of years.
Synonyms
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The study of land shapes and how they form
Compounds
- Specialized
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The way word endings change to show tense, number, or case
- Specialized
The study of how two words join to make new words like toothbrush
- Specialized
Making new words by adding prefixes or suffixes to other words
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Morphology comes from the Greek parts morph 'shape' and -logy 'study'. So in geology, morphology is the study of the shapes of rocks and land, which is why geologists look at land forms and how they change.