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crys·tal·lize

also crys·tal·ize (krĭs′tə-līz′)

v. crys·tal·lized, crys·tal·liz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·ized or crys·tal·iz·ing or 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·liz′a·ble adj.

crys′tal·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

crys′tal·liz′er n.

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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

kristalizace

krystallisering

Kristallisation

cristallisation

kristályosításkristályosodás

kristallamyndun, kristöllun

cristallizzazione

кристаллизация

kryštalizácia

kristalleşme

crystallization

crystallisation [ˌkrɪst^əlaɪˈzeɪʃ^ən] (British) n

[thoughts, opinions] → cristallisation f

(CHEMISTRY) [substance] → cristallisation f

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crystallization

(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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crystallization

[ˌkrɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → cristallizzazione f

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crystal

(ˈkristl) noun

1. a small part of a solid substance (eg salt or ice) which has a regular shape.

2. a special kind of very clear glass. This bowl is made of crystal.

ˈcrystalline (-lain) adjective

(of minerals etc) formed into crystals. Salt is a crystalline substance.

ˈcrystallize, ˈcrystallise verb

1. to form (into) crystals. He crystallized the salt from the sea water.

2. to cover with a coating of sugar crystals. crystallized fruits.

3. to make or become definite or clear. He tried to crystallize his ideas.

ˌcrystalliˈzation, ˌcrystalliˈsation noun

crystal ball

a glass ball used in fortune-telling.

crystal clear

absolutely clear. My instructions were crystal clear.

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In the little German watering-place to which the Shtcherbatskys had betaken themselves, as in all places indeed where people are gathered together, the usual process, as it were, of the crystallization of society went on, assigning to each member of that society a definite and unalterable place.

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It was an emanation of her spirit, a pure and gracious crystallization of her divine essence.

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"How else do you explain the phenomena, for example, of crystallization?"

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--its dark, low-studded rooms--its grime and sordidness, which are the crystallization on its walls of the human breath, that has been drawn and exhaled here in discontent and anguish?

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On the outside the grains of sand are rounded, and have a slightly glazed appearance: I could not distinguish any signs of crystallization. In a similar manner to that described in the Geological Transactions, the tubes are generally compressed, and have deep longitudinal furrows, so as closely to resemble a shrivelled vegetable stalk, or the bark of the elm or cork tree.

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This frame, so slightly clad, was a sort of crystallization around me, and reacted on the builder.

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The thousand roofs, dense, angular, clinging to each other, composed, nearly all, of the same geometrical element, offered, when viewed from above, the aspect of a crystallization of the same substance.

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This is furnished by numerous salt springs of limpid water, which are continually welling up, overflowing their borders, and forming beautiful crystallizations. The Indian tribes of the interior are excessively fond of this salt, and repair to the valley to collect it, but it is held in distaste by the tribes of the sea-coast, who will eat nothing that has been cured or seasoned by it.

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Mimic waves began to curl over the margin of the frozen field, which exhibited an outline of crystallizations that slowly receded toward the north.

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The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the as-prepared samples was discussed.

Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Graphene Oxide-Carbon Nanotubes Hybrids / Polyamide 6 Composites

However, its inherent stiffness and brittleness and most commonly slow crystallization rate, leading to difficulty in demolding [6], have limited the large scale commercial applications and widespread use in biomedical applications [7].

Thermal Transitions and Stability of Melt Mixed Ti[O.sub.2]/Poly(L-lactic acid) Nanocomposites.

One process parameter that has a minor but measurable influence on crystallization is the melt temperature of the polymer as it enters the mold.