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morphography|mɔːˈfɒgrəfɪ| [f. Gr. µορϕ-ή form + -graphy.] The scientific description of form; descriptive morphology; also, the phenomena which form the object of this.
1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Morphographia, term for a description or history of external form: morphography. 1888E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 803/2 Anatomical study has associated itself with the more superficial morphography. 1898Günther in Nature 21 Apr. 583/1 Estimating how far the existing superficial configuration or morphography of a volcanic region is an indication of the past history of its development. Hence morphoˈgraphic, -graphical adjs., of or pertaining to morphography.
1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Morphographicus,..morphographic. 1888E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 818/2 Experimental researches..are not provided for either in the morphographical or physiological laboratories of our universities. |