crystallization

crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize  (krst-lz)

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.

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crystal·liza·ble adj.

crystal·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.

crystal·lizer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crystallization - the formation of crystals             crystallisation, crystallizing 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 crystal crystallite - any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
	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 [ˌkrɪst^əlaɪˈzeɪʃ^ən] (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

crystallization [ˌkrɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → cristallizzazione f