amorphous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (amorphos) "without form, shapeless, deformed" (itself from α- (a-) "without" + μορφή (morphē) "form") + the English suffix -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmɔrfəs/

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Adjective

amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)

1. lacking a definite form or clear shape

   The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.

2. being without definite character or nature
3. lacking organization or unity
4. (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
5. (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets

Derived terms

• amorphism
• amorphously

Synonyms

• formless
• shapeless

Translations

lacking a definite form or clear shape

• Basque: eitegabe (eu)
• Bulgarian: безформен (bg) (bezformen)
• Catalan: amorf (ca)
• Czech: beztvarý (cs), amorfní (cs)
• Dutch: vormeloos (nl), amorf (nl)
• Esperanto: amorfa (eo)
• German: amorph, formlos, gestaltlos
• Greek: άμορφος (el) (ámorfos) m

• Italian: amorfo (it)
• Lithuanian: beformis (lt)
• Russian: амо́рфный (ru) (amórfnyj), бесфо́рменный (ru) (besfórmennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: amorfan (sh)
• Slovene: brezobličen
• Spanish: amorfo (es)
• Swedish: amorf (sv), formlös (sv)

being without definite character or nature

• Catalan: amorf (ca)
• Esperanto: amorfa (eo)
• German: amorph (de)
• Greek: άμορφος (el) (ámorfos) m

• Italian: amorfo (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: amorfan (sh)
• Spanish: amorfo (es)
• Swedish: amorf (sv)

lacking organization or unity

• Catalan: amorf (ca)
• Dutch: ongestructureerd

• Greek: αλλοπρόσαλλος (el) (alloprósallos) m
• Swedish: amorf (sv), ostrukturerad (sv)

physics: in the non-chrystalline state of solid

• Bulgarian: аморфен (bg) (amorfen)
• Catalan: amorf (ca)
• Danish: amorf (da)
• Dutch: amorf (nl)
• Finnish: amorfinen (fi)
• French: amorphe (fr)
• Greek: άμορφος (el) (ámorfos) m

• Greenlandic: aaliangersimasumik iluseqanngitsoq (kl)
• Italian: amorfo (it)
• Japanese: アモルファス (ja) (amorufasu)
• Latvian: amorfs (lv) m, amorfa (lv) f
• Russian: амо́рфный (ru) (amórfnyj)
• Spanish: amorfo (es)
• Swedish: amorf (sv), icke-kristallin (sv)

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• French: amorphe
• Portuguese: amorfo