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Cryptocrystalline vs Amorphous - What's the difference?

cryptocrystalline | amorphous |

As adjectives the difference between cryptocrystalline and amorphous

is that cryptocrystalline is whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification while amorphous is lacking a definite form or clear shape.

As a noun cryptocrystalline

is a rock of this kind.

cryptocrystalline

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

    • Noun

  • (petrology) A rock of this kind.

    • amorphous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lacking a definite form or clear shape
    • ''The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.
  • 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

    • Derived terms

    * amorphism * amorphously

    Synonyms

    * formless * shapeless