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AMORPHOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without real or apparent crystalline formplay

Example:

amorphous structure

Synonyms:

amorphous; uncrystallised; uncrystallized

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

noncrystalline (not crystalline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unclear because vague or badly organizedplay

Example:

Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unclear (not clear to the mind)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocusedplay

Example:

A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unstructured (lacking definite structure or organization)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodiesplay

Synonyms:

amorphous; unstructured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

inorganic (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Having no definite form or distinct shapeplay

Example:

a shapeless mass of protoplasm

Synonyms:

amorphous; formless; shapeless

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unformed (not having form or shape)

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 Context examples: 

A measurement of the amorphous (Note: phosphate or urate, depending on pH) crystals present in a biological specimen.

(Amorphous Crystal Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of amorphous crystals present in a sample.

(Amorphous Crystal Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The study of barite from water columns in areas of high productivity also proves the existence of a P‑rich amorphous precursor.

(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)

A measurement of the amorphous phosphate crystals in a biological specimen.

(Amorphous Phosphate Crystals Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of amorphous phosphate crystals present in a sample.

(Amorphous Phosphate Crystals Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of amorphous urate crystals present in a sample.

(Amorphous Urate Crystals Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the amorphous sediment present in a biological specimen.

(Amorphous Sediment Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of amorphous sediment present in a sample.

(Amorphous Sediment Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Gopalan tells that the compound, made by using epoxy as a base and incorporating mango leaf extracts in a substrate of amorphous silica, achieved 99 per cent inhibition of corrosion in commercial steel when immersed in a saline medium to mimic seawater.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)




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