Definition of Amorphousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being amorphous. ¹

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Definition of Amorphousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amorphousness

amorphic allele
amorphisation
amorphism
amorphisms
amorphization
amorphizations
amorphized
amorphophallus
amorphosynthesis
amorphous
amorphous fraction of adrenal cortex
amorphous insulin zinc suspension
amorphous phosphorus
amorphous shape
amorphously
amorphousness (current term)
amorphousnesses
amorphozoa
amorphozoic
amorphs
amorphus
amorphy
amort
amortisation
amortisations
amortise
amortised
amortises
amortising
amortisseur winding

Literary usage of Amorphousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Analogous Cases of amorphousness.—That this supposed quick passage through the alleged mobile state should result not in a crystalline but in an amorphous ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"The fourth degree includes the "partial characters" for which we are given the formula: " amorphousness, plus an intellectual disposition, or a well-marked ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"amorphousness is still only a condition of form, and it would be absurd to give individuality to a gramme of crystallized sulphur, and refuse it when the ..."

4. The Evolution of the Art of Music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1906)
"... who in some works still illustrates the bewildering amorphousness of tb,e early stages of the art, and in others shows a fair mastery of both design and ..."

5. Romance & Tragedy by Prosser Hall Frye (1922)
"... of subject-matter or treatment — it is intent, compact, instant; while breadth, whether of content or handling, runs to amorphousness and distention. ..."

6. Ireland's Literary Renaissance by Ernest Augustus Boyd (1922)
"... in 1889 with Red Hugh's Captivity.r In describing this work as a . novel, advantage has been taken of the proverbial amorphousness of the genre. ..."

7. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
"... it escapes the pitfall of amorphousness, and constantly satisfies, though in unexpected ways, the radical expectations of the intelligent listener. ..."

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