crystalline
of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
formed by crystallization.
Origin of crystalline
1Other words from crystalline
- crys·tal·lin·i·ty [kris-tl-in-i-tee], /ˌkrɪs tlˈɪn ɪ ti/, noun
- mul·ti·crys·tal·line, adjective
- non·crys·tal·line, adjective
- pre·crys·tal·line, adjective
- pseu·do·crys·tal·line, adjective
- sub·crys·tal·line, adjective
- un·crys·tal·line, adjective
Words Nearby crystalline
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How to use crystalline in a sentence
If a tree decays and leaves some crystalline material behind.
How minerals and rocks reflect rainbows, glow in the dark, and otherwise blow your mind | Lauren Leffer | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis is one type of topological defect, an anomaly that occurs in various forms wherever a regular geometry, like the parallel fibers in a hydra or the atomic arrangement in a crystalline solid, has its order seriously disturbed.
One promising class of materials is perovskites, natural and lab-made compounds with a crystalline structure that makes them good semiconductors.
You may just forget that fact, given the way the sugar business has prevented the world from digging deep into its crystalline secrets.
Specifically, he was developing crystalline materials that allowed ions to easily flow in and out.
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Soon enough, I felt my own guts rebelling and stepped out into the crystalline Andean night.
I saw on the Internet a suggestion that you should buy your grad a Swarofski crystalline USB memory stick.
10 Terrible Gift Ideas for Graduates From Dilbert Creator Scott Adams | Scott Adams | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey slowed, and the rushing sound gave way to a hush that made the crystalline tranquillity complete.
Exclusive Photo: Gabrielle Giffords’s Navy SEAL Skydive | Michael Daly | February 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was crystalline clear about the example set by his father.
NYPD Scandals Obscure the Decency of the Majority, Cops Say | Michael Daly | November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTRarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt is a white crystalline fusible solid, insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and in solutions of the alkalies.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonIt is a crystalline solid less fusible than margaric acid, but closely resembling it in its other properties.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThese limestones are hard and possess to a greater or less extent a crystalline texture.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Andersoncrystalline epidote, and whitish quartz, apparently from a vein.
British Dictionary definitions for crystalline
/ (ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪn) /
having the characteristics or structure of crystals
consisting of or containing crystals
made of or like crystal; transparent; clear
Derived forms of crystalline
- crystallinity (ˌkrɪstəˈlɪnɪtɪ), noun
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