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

These mechanical changes occur via recrystallization, which is when minerals dissolve from an area of rock experiencing high stress and precipitate or regrow in a location having lower stress.

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 recrystallization from glacial acetic acid, the product melts at 121-122'0.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant