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a·mor·phous

(ə-môr′fəs)

adj.

1. Lacking physical form or shape.

2. Lacking organization; formless: "He helped me turn a deeply felt but amorphous idea into a coherent narrative" (James S. Hirsch).

3. Lacking a crystalline structure: Glass is an amorphous material.

[From Greek amorphos : a-, without; see a-¹ + morphē, shape.]

a·mor′phous·ly adv.

a·mor′phous·ness n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

amorphous

(əˈmɔːfəs)

adj

1. lacking a definite shape; formless

2. of no recognizable character or type

3. (Chemistry) (of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure

[C18: from New Latin, from Greek amorphos shapeless, from a-¹ + morphē shape]

aˈmorphism n

aˈmorphously adv

aˈmorphousness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•mor•phous

(əˈmɔr fəs)

adj.

1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape: amorphous clouds.

2. of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; unorganized: an amorphous style.

3. (of a mineral) without crystalline structure.

4. Chem. not crystalline.

[1725–35; < Greek ámorphos shapeless. See a-⁶, -morph, -ous]

a•mor′phous•ly, adv.

a•mor′phous•ness, n.

a•mor′phism, n.

a·mor·phous

(ə-môr′fəs)

1. Not made of crystals. Glass is an amorphous substance.

2. Lacking definite form or shape.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

amorphous

- Something amorphous has no real shape or is irregularly shaped—like pudding; an amorphous solid lacks the perfect ordered structure of crystals. Other examples are glass, polymers, and rubber.

amorphous

adjective shapeless, vague, irregular, nondescript, indeterminate, unstructured, nebulous, formless, inchoate, characterless, unformed, unshaped, unshapen A dark, amorphous shadow filled the room.
shaped, structured, regular, distinct, definite

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

amorphous

adjective

Having no distinct shape:

formless, inchoate, shapeless, unformed, unshaped.

Translations

amorfa

amorfan

アモルファス

amorfaamorfs

amorf vormeloos

аморфный

amorphous

[əˈmɔːfəs] ADJ → amorfo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

amorphous

[əˈmɔː^rfəs] adj

[mass, shape] → informe

[group] → amorphe

amorphous

adj → amorph, strukturlos, formlos; style, ideas, play, novel → strukturlos, ungegliedert; (Geol) → amorph

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

amorphous

[əˈmɔːfəs] adj → amorfo/a

a·mor·phous

a. amorfo-a, sin forma.

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Adj.	1.	amorphous - having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" formless, shapeless unformed - not having form or shape; "unformed clay"
	2.	amorphous - lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies unstructured inorganic - lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
	3.	amorphous - without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" uncrystallised, uncrystallized noncrystalline - not crystalline