recrystallize
verb (used without object)
to become crystallized again.
recrystallization
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a word derived from
recrystallize.
Example Sentences
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Being a geologist, I can hear its story in my cognitive mind—of ancient mountain-building, recrystallization, eons of erosion, glacial polish and grave-digging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
If they prove insurmountable, one alternative is to make the reactor walls from liquid metal, which can't be damaged by melting and recrystallization.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
For example, recrystallization increases grain size much like adjacent soap bubbles coalesce to form larger ones.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Notice in all photos the sacaroid texture due to recrystallization and silicification, and the cross-cutting relationship with the rhythmites.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 21, 2013
After distilling off the ether, the residue is treated with strong hydrochloric acid, the neutral or slightly acid solution filtered off from resinous particles, slowly evaporated to crystallization, and the crystals purified by repeated recrystallization.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
