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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amorphous \A*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? form.] 1. Having no determinate form of irregular; shapeless. --Kirwan. 2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized. 3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. --Hare. -- {A*mor"phous*ly}, adv -- {A*mor"phous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amorphous adj 1: having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: {formless}, {shapeless}] 2: lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies [syn: {unstructured}] 3: without real or apparent crystalline form "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" [syn: {uncrystallized}]
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