"morphic" meaning in English

See morphic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree English morph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English morphic From morph + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|morph|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English morph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English morphic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "morphic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="morphic"> From morph + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} morphic (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to shape or form; morphological. Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-morphic-en-adj-giqJqBDB
  2. (botany) Of or pertaining to morphs. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-morphic-en-adj-1P0K8-3E Categories (other): Botany, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 0 100 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 0 100 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 0 100 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geomorphic, micromorphic Derived forms: biomorphic, leptomorphic, morphically, morphic field, morphic resonance, morphic unit Related terms: -morphic
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