amorphous

pronunciation

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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 .

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