The shape and size of the particles making up the object; direct relation between these structures and materials properties (ductility, strength, reactivity etc )
{i} study of form and structure; science which deals with structure and form of plants and animals (Biology); study of the form and structure of word formation (Linguistics)
the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms the admissible arrangement of sounds in words studies of the rules for forming admissible words
The study of structures in living things [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location]
the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words The main branches are inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, and compounding
"I The science of form 2 Biol That branch of biology which is concerned with the form of animals and plants, and of the structures, homologies, and metamorphoses which govern or influence that form " (COED)
n (G morphologie, fr Gr morph - (fr morphe, form) + G -logie, -logy, more at form) a branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants, a study of the forms, relationships, metamorphoses, and phylogenetic development of organs apart from their functions
That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses
The morphology of something is its form and structure. In linguistics, morphology refers to the way words are constructed with stems, prefixes, and suffixes. In biology, the study of the size, shape, and structure of organisms in relation to some principle or generalization. Whereas anatomy describes the structure of organisms, morphology explains the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms in terms of such general principles as evolutionary relations, function, and development. In linguistics, the internal construction system of words and its study. Languages vary widely in the number of morphemes a word can have. English has many words with multiple morphemes (e.g., replacement is composed of re-, place, and -ment). Many American Indian languages have a highly complex morphology; other languages, such as Chinese, have a simple one. Morphology includes the grammatical processes of inflection, marking categories like person, tense, and case (e.g., the -s in jumps marks the third-person singular in the present tense), and derivation, the formation of new words from existing words (e.g., acceptable from accept)
The scientific study of form, and of the structures and development that influence form In geology, the external structure, form, and arrangement of rocks in relation to the development of landforms