ice crystals
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of ice crystals
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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In this condition, cells are effectively "frozen in time" without forming damaging ice crystals.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
Traces of water or humidity freeze into ice crystals that can scratch pumps and create blockages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
"When the product reaches what we call the glass transition point, the ice crystals within the candy shift from ice to vapour at the speed of sound," Ms Goldfarb adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Invented in 1946 by General Electric scientists in upstate New York, cloud seeding works because silver iodide particles resemble ice crystals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
But she knew better, for clouds are made of water droplets and ice crystals, not sugar and butter and cream.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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