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amorphous - 8 dictionary results

a⋅mor⋅phous

[uh-mawr-fuhs]
–adjective
1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
2. of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized: an amorphous style; an amorphous personality.
3. Petrography, Mineralogy. occurring in a mass, as without stratification or crystalline structure.
4. Chemistry. not crystalline.
5. Biology. having structural components that are not clearly differentiated, as the nuclear material in certain bacteria.

Origin:
1725–35; < Gk ámorphos shapeless. See a- 6 , -morph, -ous


a⋅mor⋅phous⋅ly, adverb
a⋅mor⋅phous⋅ness, noun


1, 2. shapeless, undefined; vague, anomalous.
a·mor·phous   (ə-môr'fəs)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking definite form; shapeless. See Synonyms at shapeless.
  2. Of no particular type; anomalous.
  3. Lacking organization; formless.
  4. Lacking distinct crystalline structure.

[From Greek amorphos : a-, without; see a-1 + morphē, shape.]
a·mor'phous·ly adv., a·mor'phous·ness n.
Main Entry:  amorphous
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  See amorphic

Amorphous

A*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? form.]

1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. --Kirwan.

2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.

3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.

Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. --Hare. -- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

amorphous 
"shapeless," 1731, from Gk. amorphos "without form, shapeless, deformed," from a- "without" + morphe "form" (see morphine).

Main Entry: amor·phous
Pronunciation: &-'mor-f&s
Function: adjective
1 : having no apparent shape or organization
2 : having no real or apparent crystalline form

amorphous a·mor·phous (ə-môr'fəs)
adj.

  1. Lacking definite form; shapeless.
  2. Lacking organization; formless.
  3. Lacking distinct crystalline structure.

amorphous   (ə-môr'fəs)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Not made of crystals. Glass, amber, and plastics are amorphous substances.
  2. Lacking definite form or shape.

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