cryptocrystalline

adjective

Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

OriginEnglish crystalline ← Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós) →
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Meanings

adjectivecryptocrystalline (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyWhose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
nouncryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)

plural cryptocrystallines

  1. countableuncountablegeographyA rock of this kind.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
microaphanitic

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)
  2. Ancient Greekκρῠπτός (krŭptós)
  3. Englishcrypto-
  4. Englishcrystalline
  5. Englishcryptocrystalline

From crypto- + crystalline.

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Translations

Portuguese criptocristalino
  • criptocristalinowhose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification
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APA

cryptocrystalline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocrystalline

MLA

“cryptocrystalline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocrystalline. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptocrystalline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocrystalline.

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