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AMORPHOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without real or apparent crystalline form
Example:
amorphous structure
Synonyms:
amorphous; uncrystallised; uncrystallized
Classified under:
Similar:
noncrystalline (not crystalline)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unclear because vague or badly organized
Example:
Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it
Classified under:
Similar:
unclear (not clear to the mind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
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 bodies
Synonyms:
amorphous; unstructured
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inorganic (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Having no definite form or distinct shape
Example:
a shapeless mass of protoplasm
Synonyms:
amorphous; formless; shapeless
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unformed (not having form or shape)
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)
