morphodynamic
adjEtymology From morpho- + dynamic.
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Of or pertaining to morphodynamics, the study of landscape changes due to erosion and sedimentation
- The morphodynamic approach relies on predictability along certain environmental gradients, such as tidal range, wave exposure and sediment type[…]1997, R.W.G. Carter, C.D. Woodroffe, Coastal Evolution, →ISBN, page 10:
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Of or pertaining to dynamic changes in morphology
- Our analysis of global cell division patterns reveals a maternally defined initial morphodynamic symmetry break, which identifies the embryonic body axis.2008 November 14, Philipp J. Keller et al., “Reconstruction of Zebrafish Early Embryonic Development by Scanned Light Sheet Microscopy”, in Science, page 1065:
- Derived terms
- geomorphodynamics, morphodynamically