Morphology

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

Disciplines

• 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
• 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
• In chemistry and materials science, the study of allotropes, isomers, or material polymorphs

Other

• Journal of Morphology, peer-reviewed scientific journal of anatomy and morphology
• Morphology (journal), peer-reviewed academic journal in linguistic morphology
• Morphology, 1994 album by Finnish band Neuroactive

See also

• Morphological analysis (disambiguation)