morphology

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek: morpho- + -logy

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Singular
morphology

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural morphologies

morphology (countable and uncountable; plural morphologies)

  1. (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
    1. (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
    2. (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
    3. (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
  2. (countable) The form and structure of something.
  3. (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Translations

a scientific study of form and structure
the form and structure of something
a description of the form and structure of something
biological study of the form and structure
geological study of the form and structure
linguistic study of the form and structure
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked

[edit] See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morphology"
Personal tools