Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Computers) The smooth transformation of one shape or image into another, displayed on the computer screen as a series of images that appear to be continuous, as if in a movie.

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  • verb Present participle of morph.
  • noun computing The smooth transformation of one image into another using digital tweening.

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Examples

  • I was intrigued when I saw the use of the term "literacy" and multiple categories, as I have been watching the term morphing from its original meaning "literate" meaning "one who knows the letters" i.e. one who can read write and make meaning of text to a new meaning which in broad term means fluent, competent, able to interpret.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Bill Kerr 2006

  • I was intrigued when I saw the use of the term "literacy" and multiple categories, as I have been watching the term morphing from its original meaning "literate" meaning "one who knows the letters" i.e. one who can read write and make meaning of text to a new meaning which in broad term means fluent, competent, able to interpret.

    does it matter if we redefine literacy? Bill Kerr 2006

  • “Why wouldn’t it be?” he said, his expression morphing into bemusement.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • “Why wouldn’t it be?” he said, his expression morphing into bemusement.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • “Why wouldn’t it be?” he said, his expression morphing into bemusement.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • As commentators point out that the U.S. seems to be morphing from a can-do into a can t-do nation, don

    Tom Engelhardt: A World Made by War: How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down? Tom Engelhardt 2010

  • As commentators point out that the U.S. seems to be morphing from a can-do into a can't-do nation, don't imagine the American spirit is dead.

    Tom Engelhardt: A World Made by War: How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down? Tom Engelhardt 2010

  • On the bed a lump of covers, some pillows, and pile of clothes begin morphing into a sleeping figure –

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • Nothing ever goes smoothly for the Little Einsteins, despite the fact that they have at their disposal Rocket, an artificially intelligent futuristic vehicle capable of morphing from a spaceship to a submarine to a mechanical jungle animal or whatever else the situation calls for.

    Archive 2009-04-05 Tyler 2009

  • Nothing ever goes smoothly for the Little Einsteins, despite the fact that they have at their disposal Rocket, an artificially intelligent futuristic vehicle capable of morphing from a spaceship to a submarine to a mechanical jungle animal or whatever else the situation calls for.

    Disney's Little Einsteins are trying to get someone killed and eaten Tyler 2009

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