morph

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   change shape as via computer animation

   In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther.

2. 2
   verb

   cause to change shape in a computer animation

   The computer programmer morphed the image.

Simplified etymology

Morph was derived from metamorphosis and came into use in computer animation during the 1980s for the merging of one image into another. Metamorphosis comes through Latin from Greek metamorphoun, meaning “to transform” or “change shape.”

Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.

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