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UK
/ɐmˈɔːfəs/
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[ US /əˈmɔɹfəs/ ]
[ US /əˈmɔɹfəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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without real or apparent crystalline form
amorphous structure
an amorphous mineral -
having no definite form or distinct shape
an aggregate of formless particles
amorphous clouds of insects
a shapeless mass of protoplasm -
(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself -
unclear because vague or badly organized
Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it - lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
How To Use amorphous In A Sentence
- Silica exists in several crystalline forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
- Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times
- In her later works, large, amorphous shapes seem to float on the canvas.
- Graphite is one of the four allotropic forms of carbon; the other three are amorphous carbon, diamond, and fullerene.
- In the range of same frequency, compared with silicon-steel sheet components, the bulk amorphous metal magnetic component of the invention has greatly improved performance characteristic.
- Amorphous, polycrystalline, or epitaxial films can be made with thicknesses from 10 nanometers to hundreds of nanometers or thicker.
- The metamorphous stage of turning an idea into something people can appreciate and admire is truly an art form. Blog De Ganz | Archive | April
- An amorphous polymer in this state has been likened to a plate of frozen spaghetti.
- Trade is not an amorphous statistical concept, it is about jobs. Times, Sunday Times
- The results indicate that the amorphous film gradually transfers into microcrystalline Si, and the grain size is nanometer order of magnitude.