"amorphous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/, /eɪˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/ Audio: en-us-amorphous.ogg [US] Forms: more amorphous [comparative], most amorphous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἄμορφος|t=without form, shapeless, deformed}} Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”), {{m|grc|ἀ-|t=without}} ἀ- (a-, “without”), {{m|grc|μορφή|t=form}} μορφή (morphḗ, “form”), {{suffix|en||-ous}} + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)
  1. Lacking a definite form or clear shape. Synonyms: formless, shapeless, amorphous Translations (lacking a definite form or clear shape): ἄμορφος (ámorphos) (Ancient Greek), eitegabe (Basque), безформен (bezformen) (Bulgarian), amorf (Catalan), beztvarý (Czech), amorfní (Czech), vormeloos (Dutch), amorf (Dutch), amorfa (Esperanto), amorph (German), formlos (German), gestaltlos (German), άμορφος (ámorfos) (Greek), amorfo (Italian), beformis (Lithuanian), amorf (Norwegian Bokmål), amorf (Norwegian Nynorsk), شكلسز (şekilsiz) (Ottoman Turkish), amorficzny (Polish), bezkształtny (Polish), bezpostaciowy (Polish), amorfo (Portuguese), амо́рфный (amórfnyj) (Russian), бесфо́рменный (besfórmennyj) (Russian), amorfan (Serbo-Croatian), brezobličen (Slovene), amorfo (Spanish), amorf (Swedish), formlös (Swedish), şekilsiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-amorphous-en-adj-Ib1QEXUx Disambiguation of 'lacking a definite form or clear shape': 77 6 10 5 2
  2. (by extension) Being without definite character or nature. Tags: broadly Translations (being without definite character or nature): amorf (Catalan), amorfa (Esperanto), amorph (German), άμορφος (ámorfos) (Greek), amorfo (Italian), bezkształtny (Polish), amorfo (Portuguese), amorfan (Serbo-Croatian), amorfo (Spanish), amorf (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amorphous-en-adj-zdYEf4RQ Disambiguation of 'being without definite character or nature': 8 85 3 3 2
  3. (by extension) Lacking organization or unity. Tags: broadly Translations (lacking organization or unity): amorf (Catalan), ongestructureerd (Dutch), αλλοπρόσαλλος (alloprósallos) (Greek), 조직이 없는 (jojigi eomneun) (Korean), amorf (Swedish), ostrukturerad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amorphous-en-adj-fny2dlBv Disambiguation of 'lacking organization or unity': 10 2 84 2 2
  4. (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics: in the non-crystalline state of solid): аморфен (amorfen) (Bulgarian), amorf (Catalan), amorf (Danish), amorf (Dutch), skapleysur (Faroese), amorfinen (Finnish), amorphe (French), amorph (German), άμορφος (ámorfos) (Greek), aaliangersimasumik iluseqanngitsoq (Greenlandic), amorfo (Italian), アモルファス (amorufasu) (Japanese), amorfs (Latvian), amorf (Norwegian Bokmål), amorf (Norwegian Nynorsk), amorfo (Portuguese), амо́рфный (amórfnyj) (Russian), amorfo (Spanish), amorf (Swedish), icke-kristallin (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amorphous-en-adj-N6OLfw6d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 4 78 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 16 3 5 69 7 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: in the non-crystalline state of solid': 7 2 2 86 4
  5. (set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets. Categories (topical): Set theory
    Sense id: en-amorphous-en-adj-acOsxEKb Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amorphic, amorphous, formless, shapeless, unshaped, unshapely Hyponyms: blobby Derived forms: amorphism, amorphous carbon, amorphously, amorphousness, phosphopeptide-amorphous, polyamorphous

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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "lacking a definite form or clear shape",
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      "sense": "lacking a definite form or clear shape",
      "word": "άμορφος"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "amorfo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "lacking organization or unity",
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      "sense": "physics: in the non-crystalline state of solid",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "physics: in the non-crystalline state of solid",
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      "code": "kl",
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      "word": "aaliangersimasumik iluseqanngitsoq"
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      "code": "es",
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