crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize (kr s t -l z )v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To cause to form crystals or assume a crystalline structure. 2. To give a definite, precise, and usually permanent form to: The scientists finally crystallized their ideas about the role of the protein. 3. To coat with crystals, as of sugar. v.intr. 1. To assume a crystalline form. 2. To take on a definite, precise, and usually permanent form. crys tal·liza·ble adj.crys tal·li·zation (-l-z shn) n.crys tal·lizer n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  crystallization - the formation of crystals chemical phenomenon - any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) efflorescence, bloom - a powdery deposit on a surface |
| 2. | crystallization - a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces crystallite - any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock | |
| 3. | crystallization - a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation mental synthesis, construction - the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
Translations
crystallization crystallisation [ˌkrɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] (British) n
[thoughts, opinions] → cristallisation f
(CHEMISTRY) [substance] → cristallisation f
crystallization
n
(lit) → Kristallisierung f; (out of another substance) → Auskristallisierung f
(fig) → (Heraus)kristallisierung f; (= crystallized form) → kristallisierte Form; after the crystallization of these ideas into a theory → nachdem sich aus diesen Gedanken eine Theorie herauskristallisiert hatte
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