amorphous
Meaning
- Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
- (broadly) Being without definite character or nature.
- (broadly) Lacking organization or unity.
- In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
- Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Opposite of
crystalline#Adjective, crystal#Adjective
Synonyms
non-crystalline
uncrystalline
Translations
amorphe
amorfo
amorfo
amorph
amorfo
amorf
amorf
άμορφοςPronounced as (IPA)
/əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. By surface analysis, a- + -morphous.
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