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Webster 1913 Edition
Amorphous
A-mor′phous
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἀ
priv. + μορφή
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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amorphous
AMORPH'OUS
,Adj.
Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any regular figure.
Definition 2024
amorphous
amorphous
English
Adjective
amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)
- lacking a definite form or clear shape
- The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.
- being without definite character or nature
- lacking organization or unity
- (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid
- (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets
Derived terms
Synonyms
Translations
lacking a definite form or clear shape
being without definite character or nature
lacking organization or unity
physics: in the non-chrystalline state of solid