EGAVE

amorphous

About 3.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
    amorphous blob
  2. adjective Being without definite character or nature.
  3. adjective Lacking organization or unity.
  4. adjective In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
    Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all.
  5. adjective Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.

Similar words

shapeless noncrystalline formless unstructured uncrystallized unformed inorganic unresponsive vague soft

Often followed by

and silicon phase material carbon silica materials mass state

Word family

amorphously amorphousness amorphousnesses

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