Meaning of AMORPHOUS
| Pronunciation: | | u'morfus
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- [adj] without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure"
- [adj] lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- [adj] having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"
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| | Synonyms: | | formless, inorganic, noncrystalline, shapeless, uncrystallised, uncrystallized, unformed, unstructured |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Having an irregular or undefined shape or structure. |
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