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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English amorphic English polyamorphic From poly- + amorphic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Exhibiting polyamorphism
The THz spectrum of density fluctuations, S(Q,#92;omega), of vitreous GeO#95;2 at ambient temperature was measured by inelastic x-ray scattering from ambient pressure up to pressures well beyond that of the known #92;alpha-quartz to rutile polyamorphic (PA) transition.
14996 (2015), Alessandro Cunsolo, Yan Li, Chaminda N. Kodituwakku, Shibing Wang, Daniele Antonangeli, Filippo Bencivenga, Andrea Battistoni, Roberto Verbeni, Satoshi Tsutsui, Alfred Q. R. Baron, Ho-Kwang Mao, Dima Bolmatov, Yong Q. Cai, “Signature of a polyamorphic transition in the THz spectrum of vitreous GeO2”, in Scientific Reports, volume 14996: