amorphic
- adjective
- /əˈmɔrfɪk/
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amórfico
- As the fog rolled in, the landscape took on an amorphic quality, obscuring all familiar shapes.
- amorphic lens
Examples
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Another fanciful work pictures the sign's lop-cornered letters as if viewed from behind, representing "Hollywood" not as an amorphic abstraction but as a word composed of tangible letters whose legibility depends on their left-to-right orientation.
Academic text (2005) -
The artist created an amorphic design that flowed seamlessly without clear boundaries.
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The use of amorphic lenses.
Academic text (2004) -
Various systems have been described, including reverse telescopes, amorphic lenses, and the use of various prismatic systems.
Academic text (2004) -
Yet there is an amorphic "goodness" around him that provides him with food and eases his painful contacts with hard objects and uncomfortable temperatures.
Academic text (1990) -
As with the bioptic amorphic lens, the best success was with extensive training in conjunction with an O&M instructor.
Academic text (2004) -
An amorphic lens is a cylindrical reverse telescope with minification only in the horizontal meridian.
Academic text (2004) -
The sculpture was amorphic, lacking any distinct shape or form.
Synonyms
12
3.5
It has no clear shape or form
7
5.6
Something that has no clear shape, like fog or a cloud
5
7.3
Not having a clear shape or regular structure
Not having a clear shape or form and often changing
Not having a regular internal pattern like crystals
Antonyms
How Shapeless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amorphic comes from the parts a- meaning 'not' and morph meaning 'shape', the same root you see in metamorphosis (a change of shape). So, something amorphic is 'without a clear shape' or shapeless.