ice crystals
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of ice crystals
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Like those found in Arctic fish, these proteins attach to ice crystals and prevent them from growing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Light from the Moon passes through the ice crystals where it bends and reflects creating the ring effect.
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
The bright yellow compound is known to latch onto water droplets that are already present in clouds, converting them into ice crystals that can fall as rain or snow, depending on the temperature below.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
In Guth’s original proposal the phase transition was supposed to occur suddenly, rather like the appearance of ice crystals in very cold water.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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