amorphous
amorphous
Definition
amor·phous (ə môr′fəs)
adjective
- without definite form; shapeless
- of no definite type; anomalous
- unorganized; vague
- Biol. without definite or specialized structure, as some lower forms of life
- Chem., Mineralogy not crystalline
Etymology: ModL amorphus < Gr amorphos < a-, without + morphē, form
amor′·phism′ (-fiz′əm) noun
amor′·phously adverb
amor′·phous·ness noun
amorphous
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- nature: The application of MQMAS to systems which are amorphous in nature has aroused much interest.
Modifies a noun
- hydrogels: Some amorphous hydrogels also contain other ingredients, making them more viscous.
- silicon: Behind the Solo is an amorphous silicon solar panel.
- hydrogel: Finally, there is much debate among practitioners, as regards which secondary dressing should be used with an amorphous hydrogel.
- blob: A large amorphous blob of white light called Rover.
- silica: Silica Gel is a porous, granular, chemically inert amorphous silica with a high absorbent capacity.
- polymer: A rubber is a fully amorphous, lightly cross-linked polymer, above T g.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: The market can then be treated as a concretization of the rather amorphous village structure.
- so: Not since the early Middle Ages has the Catholic Church seemed so amorphous, formless and anomic.
- very: The northern part of the anomaly is very amorphous at this point ( Figure 3 ).
- somewhat: As we know from modern material, silk is mainly crystalline, albeit in a somewhat amorphous state.
- largely: Such polymers are rubbers ( so long as they are largely amorphous ) at room temperature.
- extremely: After February 1917 they were extremely amorphous, to the point of having a large and influential petty-bourgeois component within them.
Used with adjective complement
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