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Drop honey onto a plate. It spreads, pools, flows—never holding a fixed form. This is amorphous: without definite shape.
The word comes from Greek a- (without) + morphē (shape). Things that are amorphous resist boundaries. They flow, shift, and adapt to whatever contains them.
Visual examples showing amorphous in science, nature, and organizations
Test your understanding
Scientists describe glass as 'amorphous' because: