quartz crystal


noun
  1. a thin plate or rod cut in certain directions from a piece of piezoelectric quartz and accurately ground so that it vibrates at a particular frequency

Words Nearby quartz crystal

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use quartz crystal in a sentence

  • Another 'phylactery' consisted of a tiny bag of hoddentin, holding a small quartz crystal and four feathers of eagle-down.

  • But, as we have said, nothing is more effective than the white quartz crystal when found suitable.

  • She was a simple little thing, and her heart was as pure as quartz crystal.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • Armlet of quartz crystal used in the formation of the medicine water of secret orders.

  • That is because it is always found combined with oxygen in the form of silica as quartz crystal or sand.

    Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson