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amorphous
[ uh-mawr-fuhs ]
adjective
- lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless:
the amorphous clouds.
Synonyms: , , ,
- of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized:
an amorphous style; an amorphous personality.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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
/ əˈɔːə /
adjective
- lacking a definite shape; formless
- of no recognizable character or type
- (of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure
amorphous
- Not made of crystals. Glass, amber, and plastics are amorphous substances.
- Lacking definite form or shape.
Derived Forms
- ˈǰdzܲԱ, noun
- ˈǰdzܲ, adverb
- ˈǰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ǰpdzܲ· adverb
- ·ǰpdzܲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of amorphous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of amorphous1
Example Sentences
“It’s one way to take this big, amorphous concept," meaning climate change, "and make it more understandable.”
But your homemade meals don’t have to resemble a frozen TV dinner, with its segmented tray of meat, an amorphous sauce, a scoop of peas or rice and a mysterious, saccharine lump of... jello?
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has recently denounced the protesters as an "amorphous mass" and sarcastically thanked them for "replenishing the state budget" with heavy fines.
Pizer, of Lambda Legal, said legal intervention from groups like hers may not come immediately, as some of the orders are “still amorphous or theoretical enough that we can’t see what the effect will be.”
In this enormous projection piece, Eliasson unfurls a phantasmagoria of shifting shapes and amorphous space across a vast fabric scrim stretched between the walls of a large, darkened museum gallery.
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