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Meaning of morphogeny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

historical, rare, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Français morphogénie

Examples

“Es wird daher erst die Aufgabe einer zukünftigen Physiogenie sein, die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Functionen mit gleichem Eifer und Erfolge in Angriff zu nehmen, wie dies für die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Formen von der Morphogenie längst geschehen ist.”

It will, therefore, be the task of a future Physiogeny to grasp the history of the evolution of the functions with the same earnestness, and with the same success, with which Morphogeny has long ago undertaken the study of the history of the evolution of forms.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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