morphological
mor-fuh-LOJ-ih-kuhl
Definition
Relating to the form, shape, or structure of an organism or object.
Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'morphē' meaning 'form' or 'shape', combined with the suffix '-logical' indicating a study or classification of those forms.
In the news
The article uses the term to explain that the ship's age was identified by comparing its physical structure and design features to known Greek merchant vessels from the fourth century BCE. This morphological analysis serves as evidence for dating the wreck alongside carbon dating.
At the bottom of the Black Sea, below about 150 metres, the water contains no oxygen at all, and shipwrecks preserved in that dead zone include a 2,400-year-old Greek merchant vessel found in 2018 with its mast, rudder and rowing benches still intact on the
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