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amorphous
[ uh-mawr-fuhs ]
adjective
- 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 mass, 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.
amorphous
/ əˈmɔːfəs /
adjective
- lacking a definite shape; formless
- of no recognizable character or type
- (of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure
amorphous
/ ə-môr′fəs /
- Not made of crystals. Glass, amber, and plastics are amorphous substances.
- Lacking definite form or shape.
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Derived Forms
- aˈmorphousness, noun
- aˈmorphously, adverb
- aˈmorphism, noun
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Other Words From
- a·morphous·ly adverb
- a·morphous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amorphous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amorphous1
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Example Sentences
“We got here hours ago,” says a man with a foot brace who's given up his spot in the amorphous line to sit on a folding chair.
Not in tax dollars, not in national resources, not even in the amorphous concept of a body count.
But the amorphous blend of character and character motivation somehow morphs into plot.
Our challenge today is to develop new defenses against this more amorphous, diffuse and individualized one.
How and what makes this amorphous movement step in this direction or that?
Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
The usual forms are: (a) Ammoniomagnesium phosphate crystals; (b) acid calcium phosphate crystals; and (c) amorphous phosphates.
When at all abundant, pus forms a white sediment resembling amorphous phosphates macroscopically.
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
In any case, Shoemakers statement has no bearing whatever on the pharmacologic action of pure amorphous phosphorus.
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