The morphology of something is its form and structure. In linguistics, morphology refers to the way words are constructed with stems, prefixes, and suffixes.
[technical]
morphology in British English
(mɔːˈfɒlədʒɪ)
noun
1.
the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms
2.
the form and structure of words in a language, esp the consistent patterns of inflection, combination, derivation and change, etc, that may be observed and classified
3.
the form and structure of anything
Derived forms
morphologic (ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪk) or morphological (ˌmorphoˈlogical)
adjective
morphologically (ˌmorphoˈlogically)
adverb
morphologist (morˈphologist)
noun
morphology in American English
(mɔrˈfɑlədʒi)
noun
1.
the branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants
2.
a.
the branch of linguistics that deals with word structure and with functional changes in the forms of words, such as inflection and compounding
b.
the study of the structure, classification, and relationships of morphemes
3.
any scientific study of form and structure, as in physical geography
4.
form and structure, as of an organism, regarded as a whole
Derived forms
morphological (ˌmorphoˈlogical) (ˌmɔrfəˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective or ˌmorphoˈlogic
morphologically (ˌmorphoˈlogically)
adverb
morphologist (morˈphologist)
noun
Word origin
Ger morphologie, coined (1822) by Goethe < Gr morphē, form + Ger -logie, -logy
Examples of 'morphology' in a sentence
morphology
Here at Xymos we are explicitly imitating organic morphology ," Julia said.