morphology definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the branch ... words 3: the admissible arrangement of sounds in words [syn: morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structure] 4: the branch of ... and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms [syn: morphology, geomorphology] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: German Morphologie, from morph ... principle or generalization. Whereas anatomy describes the structure of organisms, morphology explains the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms in ... and -ment). Many Amer. Indian languages have a highly complex morphology; other languages, such as Chinese, have a very simple one. Morphology includes the grammatical processes of inflection, marking categories like ...
inflectional morphology definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the part ... grammar that deals with the inflections of words [syn: inflectional morphology, accidence]
... morphologic, morphological, structural] 3: relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; "morphological differences" [syn: morphologic, morphological, structural] Merriam Webster's adjective see morphology Webster's 1913 Dictionary Morphologic Mor`pho*log"ic, Morphological ... Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Mor`pho*log"ic*al*ly, adv. Moby Thesaurus affixal ...
... 0 (2005) adj 1: relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; "morphological differences" [syn: morphologic, morphological, structural ... geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural] Merriam Webster's adjective see morphology Webster's 1913 Dictionary Morphologic Mor`pho*log"ic, Morphological ... Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Mor`pho*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
... gy, n. [Gr. ? a carpenter + -logy.] (Biol.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic ... Thesaurus anatomist, anatomy, angiography, angiology, anthropotomy, geomorphology, histologist, histology, morphologist, morphology, myography, myology, organography, organology, osteography, osteology, splanchnography, splanchnology, zootomy
... 2005) adv 1: in a morphological manner; with regard to morphology; "these two plants are morphologically related" Merriam Webster's adverb see morphology Webster's 1913 Dictionary Morphologic Mor`pho*log"ic, Morphological ... Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Mor`pho*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals [syn: anatomy, general ... temnein to cut Date: 14th century 1. a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms 2. a treatise ... manufacture, marsupium, material body, microbiology, mold, molding, molecular biology, morphologist, morphology, myography, myology, organic structure, organism, organization, organography, organology, ornithology, osteography ...
... 25, 1848, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a professor of morphology at Johns Hopkins university; and the author of Hand-Book ... Zoology; Development of the American Oyster; Conifer, a Study in Morphology; Development of Lingula; and The Law of Heredity.
... 1: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) Merriam Webster's noun ... linguistic science, linguistics, locution, manual, manual of instruction, mathematical linguistics, morphology, morphophonemics, outlines, paleography, parlance, philology, phonetics, phonology, phrase, phraseology, phrasing ...
... Dictionary Promorphology Pro`mor*phol"o*gy, n. [Pref. pro- + morphology.] (Biol.) Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to ...
... contain multiple morphemes. The study of morphemes is included in morphology. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. Linguistics 1 a morphological element considered ... infix, infixation, inflection, lexeme, lexical form, morph, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, paradigm, phrase, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, radical, root, semasiological unit ...