Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morphospace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-phospace
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.

Example Sentences

"Spirals, soap films within wire forms compared to planktonic shapes, and the morpho-space shared by the skulls of chimp, baboon and human"

Etymology

From morpho- + space.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: morpho

Inflected Forms

morphospaces (plural)

Derived Forms

ecomorphospace

Frequently Paired Words

ecospace

Questions

What does morphospace mean?: A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.
Where does morphospace come from?: From morpho- + space.

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