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形態 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • morphology noun The study of the form and structure of living things, or the form and structure themselves.
  • shape noun The outline or form of something, defined by its outer edges or surface.

Senses

形態 is used for these senses in English:

  • morphology (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.

morphology — full definition

  1. noun The study of the form and structure of living things, or the form and structure themselves.
  2. noun The branch of linguistics dealing with how words are built out of smaller meaningful units such as roots, prefixes and suffixes.
  3. noun The overall shape and arrangement of something, such as a landscape, a city or a material.

shape — full definition

  1. noun The outline or form of something, defined by its outer edges or surface.
  2. noun The general condition or state of something, especially physical fitness.
  3. verb To give something a particular form, or to influence how it develops.

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