- morph
- morph as a noun, in biology, 1955; as a verb, in cinematic special effects, c.1987, short for METAMORPHOSIS (Cf. metamorphosis). Related: Morphed; morphing. Earlier it was a slang shortening of morphine (1912).
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Morph — may refer to: Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Computing 4 … Wikipedia
morph- — Morph : ↑ morpho , Morpho . * * * morph , Morph : ↑morpho , ↑Morpho . mor|pho , Mor|pho , (vor Vokalen auch:) morph , Morph [zu griech. morphe̅, ↑Morphe] <Best. in Zus. mit der Bed.>: Gestalt, Form ( … Universal-Lexikon
Morph- — Morph : ↑ morpho , Morpho . * * * morph , Morph : ↑morpho , ↑Morpho . mor|pho , Mor|pho , (vor Vokalen auch:) morph , Morph [zu griech. morphe̅, ↑Morphe] <Best. in Zus. mit der Bed.>: Gestalt, Form (z. B. morphol … Universal-Lexikon
morph- — morph(o) , morphe, morphique, morphisme ♦ Éléments, du gr. morphê « forme ». morph(o) , morphe, morphique, morphisme éléments, du gr. morphê, forme . ⇒MORPH(O) , (MORPH , MORPHO )élém. formant I. Élém. tiré du gr. «fo … Encyclopédie Universelle
morph — UK US /mɔːf/ verb [I or T] ► to change into something different, or to make something do this: morph (sth) into sth »We are going to morph into something that is no longer a niche company. ► IT to change one picture into another, or combine them … Financial and business terms
morph — (m[^o]rf), n. (Linguistics) A sequence of phonemes, often a word fragment, which constitutes the minimum unit of meaning or syntax within a given word. A morph may be one of several variants of a morpheme, depending for its individal form on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-morph — morph, in Substantiven morphie oder morphose [griech. morphé̄ = Gestalt, Form, Bild]: Grundwort von Zus. mit der Bed. »…förmig, …gestaltig, Form, Aussehen«, z. B. allotriomorph, Enantiomorphie, Metamorphose, polymorph, vgl. morpho . * * * morph… … Universal-Lexikon
morph — (m[^o]rf), v. i. & t. To transform smoothly in imperceptible steps from one image to another, on a computer screen. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
morph — [mo:f US mo:rf] v [I and T] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: metamorphosis] to develop a new appearance or change into something else, or to make something do this morph into ▪ The river flooded its banks and morphed into a giant sea that swamped the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
morph... — morph..., Morph... vgl. ↑morpho..., Morpho … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
morph — morph1 [môrf] n. [< Gr morphē, form] 1. Linguis. ALLOMORPH (sense 2) 2. a representation of an occurrence of a morpheme 3. a sequence of phonemes isolated from surrounding sequences but not yet assigned to a particular morpheme morph2 [môrf]… … English World dictionary
