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amorphous
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amorphous /amor·phous/ (ah-mor´fus)
1. having no definite form; shapeless.
2. having no specific orientation of atoms.
3. in pharmacy, not crystallized.
a·mor·phous (-môrfs)
adj.
1. Lacking definite form; shapeless.
2. Lacking organization; formless.
3. Lacking distinct crystalline structure.
amorphous
[əmôr′fəs]
Etymology: Gk, a, not, morphe, form
1 describing an object that lacks definite visible shape or form.
2 (in chemistry) a substance that is not crystalline.
amorphous [ah-mor´fus]
having no definite form; shapeless.
amorphous (āmôr´fus, môr´fus),
adj having no specific space lattice, the molecules being distributed at random.
amorphous
having no definite form; shapeless.
amorphous
adjective Lacking a fixed shape; shapeless
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