Morphings

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. A process of transformation or change in form or structure, occurring over time or through various stages
2. The act of altering something dramatically, be it physical, conceptual, or figurative
3. The phenomenon of undergoing successive alterations, commonly associated with shapes, ideas, or states of being

Etymology: "Morphings" is the plural of "morphing," the present participle and gerund of the verb "morph." Morph itself is a back-formation from "metamorphosis," the Greek-derived noun for a change of form, so the verb carries that same idea of transformation in its core. In the sense of altering something dramatically, the plural form is used for multiple such changes, and the word shows up most often in discussions of technology, film, and computer graphics, where one image is smoothly reshaped into another.

Synonyms: transformations, changes, mutations, transitions

Antonyms: stagnations, invariances