amorphous
pronunciation
How to pronounce amorphous in British English: UK [əˈmɔ:fəs]
How to pronounce amorphous in American English: US [əˈmɔrfəs]
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- Adjective:
- having no definite form or distinct shape
- lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- without real or apparent crystalline form
Word Origin
- amorphous (adj.)
- "shapeless," 1731, from Modern Latin amorphus, from Greek amorphos "without form, shapeless, deformed," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus). Related: Amorphously; amorphousness.
Example
- 1. The mascot of the 1996 summer olympic games in atlanta was an amorphous abstract fantasy figure .
- 2. This group doesn 't see a reason to join the amorphous occupiers .
- 3. They are amorphous entities with scant leadership structure or formal process for making decisions .
- 4. First principles studies of nitrogen doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon .
- 5. Amorphous carbon film ; wettability ; biocompatibility .