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amorphous

Unorganized or vague. A lack of structure. For example, the amorphous state of a bit on a rewritable optical disc means that the light from a laser beam will scatter and not be as reflective as a highly structured crystalline bit. Contrast with crystalline. See amorphous silicon, amorphous semiconductor, phase change disc and phase change memory.

amorphous

(of chemicals, rocks, etc.) not having a crystalline structure

amorphous [ə′mȯr·fəs]

(physics)

Pertaining to a solid which is noncrystalline, having neither definite form nor structure.

amorphous

Said of rock having no crystal structure.

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No references found			Scholars decry the amorphousness of using "fairness" as a legal criterion (19) and the paternalism of overriding a party's voluntary choice to sign an agreement. Unconscionability in the law of trusts by Horton, David / Notre Dame Law Review It is precisely the polymorphousness and the amorphousness of subjectivity and of the mind that allows Coleman to create himself in the image of the college professor, to re-make himself aesthetically, so to speak. The stain and the sign. Poetics in Philip Roth's The human stain by Veisland, Jorgen / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies 215) The inquiry whether the USESR has successfully targeted abusive related-debt finance transactions is rendered difficult by the amorphousness of the anti-avoidance paradigm's "inappropriateness" standard. The quest to tax interest income in a global economy: stages in the ... by Benshalom, llan / Virginia Tax Review			Amoret amoretto Amorim, Enrique amorini amorino Amorites Amoros, Francisco Amorós, Francisco Amorpha amorphic allele Amorphosporangium amorphous amorphous film amorphous frost amorphous laser amorphous memory array amorphous mineral amorphous peat amorphous ribbon Amorphous Semiconductor amorphous silicon amorphous sky amorphous snow amorphous solid Amorphous State amorphousness amortisseur winding amortization Amortization of Fixed Capital amortize amortizement Amos Amos 'n' Andy Amos and Andy Amos Tutuola amosite Amosov, Ivan Amosov, Ivan Afanasevich Amosov, Nikolai Amosov, Nikolai Mikhailovich amount limit amount of mixing amount of substance Amoy Amoz amp amp off amp-hr amp-turn ampacity ampangabeite			amorphous memory array Amorphous metal Amorphous metal distribution transformer amorphous mineral Amorphous organic matter amorphous peat Amorphous Poly-Alpha-Olefins amorphous polyalphaolefin Amorphous Polyethylene Terephthalate amorphous ribbon amorphous semiconductor amorphous shape Amorphous silica Amorphous silica Amorphous silica Amorphous silicon Amorphous silicon Amorphous Silicon Laboratory amorphous sky amorphous snow Amorphous solid Amorphous solid Amorphous solid Amorphous solid Amorphous State Amorphous sulphur amorphously amorphously amorphously amorphously amorphousness Amorphozoa Amorphozoic Amorphus amorphus globosus Amorphy Amorrhites Amors Amors Amors amort amortisation amortisation amortisation amortisation amortisation amortise amortise amortise amortise amortised amortised amortised amortised amortises amortises amortises amortises amortising amortising amortising

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