AMORPHISM

  

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AMORPHISM

Definition: AMORPHISM

AMORPHISM

Noun

1. A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Amorphism \A*mor"phism\, noun. [See Amorphous.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: AMORPHISM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amorphism

Amorphism, informity; unlicked cub; rudis indigestaque moles; disorder; deformity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translations: AMORPHISM

Language Translations for "AMORPHISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

αμορφία. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amorphismay

   

Romanian

  

amorfie. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

amorfismo. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

аморфізм. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính vô định hình, tính không có hình dạng nhất định (amorphous, amorphousness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: AMORPHISM

Derivations

Words ending with "AMORPHISM": metamorphism. (additional references)

Words containing "AMORPHISM": metamorphisms. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "AMORPHISM"

Words rhyming with "AMORPHISM" (pronounced 'A*mor"phism'): Allomorphism, Anamorphism, Anthropomorphism, Automorphism, Gamomorphism, Homoeomorphism, homomorphism, isomorphism, metamorphism, Paramorphism, Pleomorphism, Plesimorphism, Polymorphism, Psephism, Pseudomorphism, Zoomorphism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AMORPHISM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-m-o-p-r-s"

-1 letter: aphorism, morphias.

-2 letters: mohairs, morphia, rammish, rompish.

-3 letters: ihrams, marish, mimosa, mishap, mohair, mopish, morphs, parish, pharos, poisha, porism, primas, primos, raphis, shrimp.

-4 letters: amirs, ammos, aphis, apish, hairs, harms, harps, hoars, horas, ihram, imams, maims, mairs, marsh, miasm, moira, moras, morph, ohias, opahs, pairs, paris, pimas, prams, praos, prima, primo, prims, prism, proas.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-m-o-p-r-s"
 

+2 letters: mimeographs.

 

+3 letters: allomorphism, automorphism, metamorphism.

 

+4 letters: allomorphisms, automorphisms, commandership, mammographies, metamorphisms, metamorphosis, paedomorphism.

 

+5 letters: allelomorphism, commanderships, metamorphosing, paedomorphisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AMORPHISM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4D 4F 52 50 48 49 53 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --    ---    .-.    .--.    ....    ..    ...    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01001111 01010010 01010000 01001000 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#79 &#82 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#83 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 004F 0052 0050 0048 0049 0053 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

354749525042435347

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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