adjective
- not having the structure or form of a crystal; lacking a regular, orderly atomic arrangement
Usage: technical; commonly used in materials science and chemistry
Examples
- Glass is a noncrystalline solid that lacks a defined melting point.
- The noncrystalline structure of the polymer makes it transparent.
- Scientists studied the noncrystalline material to understand its unique properties.
- Unlike diamonds, noncrystalline carbon forms without a regular atomic lattice.
- The noncrystalline nature of the sample was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis.