Amorphousness
lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless:
the amorphous clouds.
of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized:
an amorphous style; an amorphous personality.
petrography, mineralogy. occurring in a m-ss, as without stratification or crystalline structure.
chemistry. not crystalline.
biology. having structural components that are not clearly differentiated, as the nuclear material in certain bacteria.
adjective
lacking a definite shape; formless
of no recognizable character or type
(of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure
adjective
see amorphic
adj.
“shapeless,” 1731, from modern latin amorphus, from greek amorphos “without form, shapeless, deformed,” from a- “without” (see a- (3)) + morphe “form” (see morpheus). related: amorphously; amorphousness.
amorphous a·mor·phous (ə-môr’fəs)
adj.
lacking definite form; shapeless.
lacking organization; formless.
lacking distinct crystalline structure.
amorphous
(ə-môr’fəs)
not made of crystals. gl-ss, amber, and plastics are amorphous substances.
lacking definite form or shape.
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