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morphol.

morphol. is the abbreviation of morphology.

Meaning of morphology

Noun

morphology (countable and uncountable, plural morphologies)

  1. The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
    • There are many ways to show that word structure is different from phrase and sentence structure. We will mention two here. First, free constituent order in syntax is common cross-linguistically; many languages lack fixed order of the kind that one finds in English. In morphology, on the other hand...2001, Yehuda Falk, “Lexical-Functional Grammar”, in CSLI Publications, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024, retrieved 21 Feb 2014
  2. The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
  3. The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
  4. Mathematical morphology.
  5. (countable) The form and structure of something.
  6. (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.

Questions about morphol.

What is morphol. the abbreviation of?
Morphol. is the abbreviation of morphology.

Words near morphol. in the dictionary

  1. morphohistology
  2. morphokinematic
  3. morphokinematics
  4. morphokinetic
  5. morphokinetics
  6. morphol.
  7. morpholaxis
  8. morpholexical
  9. morpholide
  10. morpholides
  11. morpholine

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