Amorphous vs Metamictization - What's the difference?
amorphous | metamictization |
lacking a definite form or clear shape
being without definite character or nature
lacking organization or unity
(physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets
A natural process in which the radiation emitted by a mineral gradually destroys the mineral's crystal structure, leaving it amorphous.
As an adjective amorphous
is lacking a definite form or clear shape.As a noun metamictization is
a natural process in which the radiation emitted by a mineral gradually destroys the mineral's crystal structure, leaving it amorphous.amorphous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.