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amorphous

/uh-mawr-fuhs/US // əˈmɔr fəs //UK // (əˈmɔːfəs) //

无定形,无定形的,无形,无形的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
    • : of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized: an amorphous style; an amorphous personality.
    • : Petrography, Mineralogy. occurring in a mass, as without stratification or crystalline structure.
    • : Chemistry. not crystalline.
    • : Biology. having structural components that are not clearly differentiated, as the nuclear material in certain bacteria.

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Examples

  • While they purport to speak for free speech and Western values, their overarching goal is to use violence as a political solution, with “the left” as the amorphous enemy they purport to fight — by any means necessary.

  • Newly formed brain cells, for instance, must physically position themselves to avoid turning into “amorphous aggregates,” Wang says.

  • Two years later, he stepped down as chief technical officer and into the amorphous role of chief visionary officer.

  • Of all the WNBA awards, Rookie of the Year may have the most amorphous definition.

  • Regular-season fights in the NHL by season and number of players involvedThere’s a certain ritual to curated violence in the NHL, much of which is traced back to an amorphous code.

  • “We got here hours ago,” says a man with a foot brace who's given up his spot in the amorphous line to sit on a folding chair.

  • Not in tax dollars, not in national resources, not even in the amorphous concept of a body count.

  • But the amorphous blend of character and character motivation somehow morphs into plot.

  • Our challenge today is to develop new defenses against this more amorphous, diffuse and individualized one.

  • How and what makes this amorphous movement step in this direction or that?

  • Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.

  • The usual forms are: (a) Ammoniomagnesium phosphate crystals; (b) acid calcium phosphate crystals; and (c) amorphous phosphates.

  • When at all abundant, pus forms a white sediment resembling amorphous phosphates macroscopically.

  • The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.

  • In any case, Shoemakers statement has no bearing whatever on the pharmacologic action of pure amorphous phosphorus.