Metamorphic vs Amorphous - What's the difference?
metamorphic | amorphous |
(geology) Having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
Of or relating to the (Metamorphic Technique), a form of massage influenced by reflexology.
(mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
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
As adjectives the difference between metamorphic and amorphous
is that metamorphic is (geology) having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example) while amorphous is lacking a definite form or clear shape.As a noun metamorphic
is (mineralogy) a rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.metamorphic
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(en noun)amorphous
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(en adjective)- ''The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.