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amorphous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ?- (a-, “without”) + ????? (morph?, “form”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??m??f?s/

Adjective

amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)

  1. Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
    Synonyms: formless, shapeless; see also Thesaurus:amorphous
  2. (by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
  3. (by extension) 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

Translations

Further reading

  • amorphous solid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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allophane

English

Etymology

allo- +? phane

Noun

allophane (countable and uncountable, plural allophanes)

  1. (mineralogy) An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral

Related terms

  • allophanic

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Allophane”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “allophane”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

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