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Definition of Amorphous

1. Adjective. Having no definite form or distinct shape. "A shapeless mass of protoplasm"

2. Adjective. Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies.

3. Adjective. Without real or apparent crystalline form. "Amorphous structure"

Definition of Amorphous

1. a. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.

Definition of Amorphous

1. Adjective. lacking a definite form or clear shape ¹

2. Adjective. being without definite character or nature ¹

3. Adjective. lacking organization or unity ¹

4. Adjective. (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid. ¹

5. Adjective. (set theory of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amorphous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Amorphous

1. Having an irregular or undefined shape or structure. (05 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amorphous

amorph amorpha amorphagnosia amorphas amorphia amorphic amorphic allele amorphisation amorphism amorphisms

amorphization amorphizations amorphized amorphophallus amorphosynthesis amorphous (current term) amorphous fraction of adrenal cortex amorphous insulin zinc suspension amorphous phosphorus amorphous shape

amorphously amorphousness amorphousnesses amorphozoa amorphozoic amorphs amorphus amorphy amort amortisation

Literary usage of Amorphous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"The salts of amorphous quinine being deliquescent, the sulphate is sold in ... One grain of amorphous quinine requires 4 minims dilute sulphuric acid. ..."

2. American Druggist (1890)
"amorphous Phosphorus. MR. ALEXANDER PEDLER has made an exhaustive study of the action of light upon phosphorus, and, in connection therewith, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"amorphous Sulphur and its Relation to the Freezing Point of Liquid Sulphur. ... As the temperature falls, the proportion of amorphous sulphur recedes, ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"A light yellow amorphous precipitate, insoluble in an excess. 6. ... A greenish amorphous precipitate, which, upon standing a short time, ..."

5. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"amorphous QUININE substituted for crystalline in the above is easily soluble ... If it contains, however, amorphous quinine the oxalate of this base will be ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"I. The first fact which I noted was its effect on chlorid of sliver which, as is well known, is amorphous when obtained in the ordinary way. ..."

7. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1913)
"CRYSTALLINE AND amorphous CHLOROPHYLL. Crystals of chlorophyll were first observed by Borodin.* This author found that sections of green leaves moistened ..."

8. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"That this object has been frustrated may be shown by comparing the compound sold by the patentee as amorphous quinine, with its representative ..."

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