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crystalline
[ kris-tl-in, -ahyn, -een ]
adjective
- of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- formed by crystallization.
- composed of crystals.
- pertaining to crystals or their formation.
crystalline
/ ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪn; ˌkrɪstəˈlɪnɪtɪ /
adjective
- having the characteristics or structure of crystals
- consisting of or containing crystals
- made of or like crystal; transparent; clear
Derived Forms
- crystallinity, noun
Other Words From
- crys·tal·lin·i·ty [kris-tl-, in, -i-tee], noun
- multi·crystal·line adjective
- non·crystal·line adjective
- pre·crystal·line adjective
- pseudo·crystal·line adjective
- sub·crystal·line adjective
- un·crystal·line adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of crystalline1
Example Sentences
Soon enough, I felt my own guts rebelling and stepped out into the crystalline Andean night.
I saw on the Internet a suggestion that you should buy your grad a Swarofski Crystalline USB memory stick.
They slowed, and the rushing sound gave way to a hush that made the crystalline tranquillity complete.
He was crystalline clear about the example set by his father.
Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
It is a white crystalline fusible solid, insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and in solutions of the alkalies.
It is a crystalline solid less fusible than margaric acid, but closely resembling it in its other properties.
These limestones are hard and possess to a greater or less extent a crystalline texture.
Crystalline epidote, and whitish quartz, apparently from a vein.
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