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amorphous solid

solid, in which atoms and/or molecules are disordered like in a liquid
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amorphous solid

Summary

amorphous solid is a crystal system[1]. It draws 563 Wikipedia views per month (crystal_system category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • amorphous solid's instance of is recorded as crystal system[3].
  • amorphous solid is a type of crystal structure[4].
  • amorphous solid's Commons category is recorded as Amorphous matter[5].
  • amorphous solid is the opposite of crystallinity[6].
  • amorphous solid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amorphous solids[7].
  • amorphous solid's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • amorphous solid's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/amorphous-solids[9].
  • amorphous solid's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

amorphous solid's instance of is recorded as crystal system[3]. It is a type of crystal structure[4]. It is the opposite of crystallinity[6].

Why It Matters

amorphous solid draws 563 Wikipedia views per month (crystal_system category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Amorphous solids
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → crystallinity
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15439, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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