amorphous has definitions from the field of crystallography
1
[ adjective ] having no definite form or distinct shape

Synonyms

shapeless formless

Examples

"amorphous clouds of insects" "an aggregate of formless particles" "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

According_to his own testimony , he never actually saw things as shaped but only as generally amorphous `` blots '' of color of a more_or_less indefinite size ; at their edges they slipped pretty_much out_of_focus altogether .

Related terms

unformed

2
[ adjective ] lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies

Synonyms

unstructured

Related terms

inorganic

3
[ adjective ] without real or apparent crystalline form

Examples

"an amorphous mineral" "amorphous structure"

Related terms

noncrystalline

4
[ adjective ] (crystallography) without real or apparent crystalline form

Synonyms

uncrystallized

Examples

"an amorphous mineral" "amorphous structure"

Related terms

noncrystalline

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