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morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

implicative collapse: tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

digital collapse: of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"; relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital examination"; displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital clock"; "digital readout"

allegorical collapse: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army"

versification collapse: the art or practice of writing verse; the form or metrical composition of a poem; a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

motion collapse: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"; a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"; a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"; a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

referential collapse: referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"

mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

elocution collapse: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

poetic justice collapse: an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

intelligible collapse: well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"

output collapse: production of a certain amount; what is produced in a given time period; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"; to create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running"

diagnostic collapse: characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"; concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic clinic"; "a diagnostic reading test"; "diagnostic information"

connotative collapse: having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

denotative collapse: having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming; in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

semantic collapse: of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

poise collapse: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second; a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium; hold or carry in equilibrium; cause to be balanced or suspended; be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"

pictorial collapse: a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures; pertaining to or consisting of pictures; "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records"

figured collapse: (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell

metaphorical collapse: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"

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