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morphospace

morphospace noun: a graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.

Noun

morphospace (plural morphospaces)

  1. A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.
    • Spirals, soap films within wire forms compared to planktonic shapes, and the morpho-space shared by the skulls of chimp, baboon and human2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 139

Forms of morphospace

pluralmorphospaces

Origin of morphospace

From morpho- + space.

Words formed from morphospace

Questions about morphospace

What does morphospace mean?
Morphospace means a graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.
What part of speech is morphospace?
Morphospace is a noun.
What is the plural of morphospace?
The plural of morphospace is morphospaces.

Words near morphospace in the dictionary

  1. morphosemantically
  2. morphosemantics
  3. morphosensitive
  4. morphoses
  5. morphosis
  6. morphospace
  7. morphospaces
  8. morphospecies
  9. morphostage
  10. morphostages
  11. morphostasis

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