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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.crystallizing - the formation of crystalscrystallizing - 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
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There was visiting the watering-place that year a real German Fuerstin, in consequence of which the crystallizing process went on more vigorously than ever.
That moment of naturalness was the crystallizing feather-touch: it shook flirtation into love.
Cobwebs revealed their presence on sheds and walls where none had ever been observed till brought out into visibility by the crystallizing atmosphere, hanging like loops of white worsted from salient points of the out-houses, posts, and gates.
And we can keep crystallizing intelligence into our 70s--and longer, as my in-laws keep proving.
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The solution-crystallized samples of the novel odd-odd polyamides were obtained by crystallizing isothermally from dilute solution (0.05% (w/v)) in 1,4-butanediol.
This understanding is in line with the general preference to NR (crystallizing) for truck (higher operating stress-strain situations) and SBR+BR (non-crystallizing) for passenger tire applications.
Conventional methods, which typically involve varying the temperature of a crystallizing solution or changing solvents, take a lot of time and are hit-or-miss.
Both alkali and tholeiitic basalts contain chromite as an early crystallizing phase, and form magnetite and/or ilmenite over a large range of temperatures.
However, much of the movement seemed arbitrary, and one did not sense, as in the earlier works, an inner rhythm or the choreographer's signature shapes crystallizing into mind-haunting images.