MORPH

morph

(verb) change shape as via computer animation; “In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther”

morph

(verb) cause to change shape in a computer animation; “The computer programmer morphed the image”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

morph (plural morphs)

(grammar, linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds.

(linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.

Etymology 2

Noun

morph (plural morphs)

(biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.

Etymology 3

Verb

morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed)

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.

(of fantastic beings in science fiction or fantasy) To shapeshift.

To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

Noun

morph (plural morphs)

A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.

Source: Wiktionary



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