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Webster 1913 Edition


Amorphous

A-mor′phous

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
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.
[Gr. a neg and form.]
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)

  1. lacking a definite form or clear shape
    The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.
  2. being without definite character or nature
  3. lacking organization or unity
  4. (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid
  5. (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets

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