amorphous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amorphous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for amorphous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amorphous adj having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" Synonym(s): amorphous, formless, shapeless lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies Synonym(s): amorphous, unstructured without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" Synonym(s): amorphous, uncrystallized, uncrystallised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amorphous \Amor"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. -- {Amor"phously}, adv. -- {Amor"phousness}, n.