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

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Morphology (archaeology) In archaeology, morphology is the study of the shape of artefacts and ecofacts. Morphology is a major consideration in grouping artefacts into period styles and, despite modern techniques like radiocarbon dating, remains a crucial tool in t ...

, study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *

Morphology (astronomy) Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies can be classified according to their morphologies, the most f ...

, study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, or other extended objects *

Morphology (biology) Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. This includes aspects of the outward appearance ( shape, structure, colour, pattern, size), i.e. external ...

, the study of the form or shape of an organism or part thereof *

Morphology (folkloristics) Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales. Some pioneering work in this field was begun in the nineteenth century, such as Marian Roalfe Cox's ...

, the structure of narratives such as folk tales *

Morphology (linguistics) In linguistics, morphology () is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Morp ...

, the study of the structure and content of word forms *

Mathematical morphology Mathematical morphology (MM) is a theory and technique for the analysis and processing of geometrical structures, based on set theory, lattice theory, topology, and random functions. MM is most commonly applied to digital images, but it can be empl ...

, a theoretical model based on lattice theory, used for digital image processing *

River morphology The terms river morphology and its synonym stream morphology are used to describe the shapes of river channels and how they change in shape and direction over time. The morphology of a river channel is a function of a number of processes and envir ...

, the field of science dealing with changes of river platform *

Urban morphology Urban morphology is the study of the formation of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area, city, town or village by examining ...

, study of the form, structure, formation and transformation of human settlements * Geomorphology, the study of landforms *

Morphology (architecture and engineering) Morphology in architecture is the study of the evolution of form within the built environment. Often used in reference to a particular vernacular language of building, this concept describes changes in the formal syntax of buildings and cities a ...

, 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 Allotropy or allotropism () is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, in the same physical state, known as allotropes of the elements. Allotropes are different structural modifications of an element: th ...

isomers In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formulae – that is, same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. Isomerism is existence or possibility of isomers. ...

, or material polymorphs

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*'' 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

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