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Unorganized or vague. A lack of structure. For example, the amorphous state of a spot on a rewritable optical disc means that the laser beam will not be reflected from it, which is in contrast to a crystalline state which will reflect light. See crystalline. |
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(38) In this context, it does not seem surprising that the
king's proclamation emphasized the amorphousness of money and the
polymorphy of those that produced it or that it produced a powerful
association between the two. A cascading roof of copper heightens the impression of
organic amorphousness and marks out the building as a conspicuously
contemporary addition to the fabric and life of the city. But for many popularizers and lay users, the
very amorphousness of the term was surely part of its attraction. |
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