Morphology

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Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may mean:

• Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
• Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, or other extended objects
• Morphology (biology), the study of the form or shape of an organism or part thereof
• Morphology (folkloristics), the structure of narratives such as folk tales
• Morphology (linguistics), the study of the structure and content of word forms
• Mathematical morphology, a theoretical model based on lattice theory, used for digital image processing
• River morphology, the field of science dealing with changes of river platform
• Urban morphology, study of the form, structure, formation and transformation of human settlements
• Geomorphology, the study of landforms
• Morphological analysis (disambiguation)
• Morphology (materials science), the study of shape, size, texture and phase distribution of physical objects.
• Morphology (Architecture and Engineering), research which is based on theories of two-dimensional and three-dimensional symmetries, and then uses these geometries for planning buildings and structures.
• Morphology (social), study of the form and structure of society
• Morphology (ideology), the study of the conceptual structure of ideologies, and the rules defining the admissibility of meanings into concepts.
• Morphology (journal), ISSN 1871-5621