Meanings
nouncrystallization (countable and uncountable, plural crystallizations)
plural crystallizations · alternative UK crystallisation · alternative US crystalization
- countableuncountableThe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- countableuncountableThe body formed by crystallizing.
Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
- countableuncountableThe process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
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.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
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Bulgarian кристализация
- кристализация (kristalizacija)the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Catalan cristal·lització
- cristal·litzacióthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Chinese Mandarin 結晶作用 /结晶作用
- 結晶作用 /结晶作用 (jiéjīng zuòyòng)the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Czech krystalizace
- krystalizacethe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Dutch kristallisatie
- kristallisatiethe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Finnish kiteytyminen, kiteymä
- kiteytyminenthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- kiteymäthe body formed by crystallizing
- kiteytyminenformation of a solid from a solution
- kiteyttäminenprocess or the result of becoming more definite or precise
- kiteytysprocess or the result of becoming more definite or precise
French cristallisation
- cristallisationthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
German Kristallisation
- Kristallisationthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Greek κρυστάλλωση, κρυστάλλωση
- κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi)the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi)the body formed by crystallizing
- κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi)formation of a solid from a solution
Irish criostalú, criostalúchán
- criostalúthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- criostalúchánthe body formed by crystallizing
- criostalúformation of a solid from a solution
Italian cristallizzazione, cristallizzazione
- cristallizzazionethe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- cristallizzazionethe body formed by crystallizing
- cristallizzazioneformation of a solid from a solution
Malay penghabluran, pengkristalan
- penghabluranthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- pengkristalanthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- kristalisasithe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- habluranthe body formed by crystallizing
- penghabluranformation of a solid from a solution
- pengkristalanformation of a solid from a solution
- kristalisasiformation of a solid from a solution
Portuguese cristalização
- cristalizaçãothe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Romanian cristalizare, cristalizație
- cristalizarethe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- cristalizațiethe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Russian кристаллиза́ция
- кристаллиза́ция (kristallizácija)the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Spanish cristalización
- cristalizaciónthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Swedish kristallisation, kristallisering
- kristallisationthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- kristalliseringthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
Tagalog sabubog, sabubog
- sabubogthe act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
- sabubogformation of a solid from a solution
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crystallization
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crystallization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallization
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“crystallization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crystallization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallization.
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