crystallization — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

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2. The body formed by crystallizing.

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   Examples

   Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

3. The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase

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4. The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

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   Examples

   Bernstein's theories could never have had such an earth-shaking effect if they had not been a crystallization of ideas which were already in the air.

Noun

1. the formation of crystals

   Synonyms

   crystallisationcrystallizing

   Broader terms

   chemical phenomenon

2. a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

   Synonyms

   crystal

   Broader terms

   rockstone

3. a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation

   Broader terms

   constructionmental synthesis