Meanings
adjective
- having definitive and fixed form, solidified.
The assertion that true value is crystallized labour-time is on a par with the statement that opium puts people to sleep because it is soporific.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328 - being crystalline, in the form of crystals.
- to give something a definite or precise form.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of crystallize
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving both internal structure and external form of a crystal
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Translations
Hebrew מגובש, גבישי
- מגובש (megubash)having definitive and fixed form, solidified
- גבישי (gvishi)being crystalline, in the form of crystals
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crystallized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallized
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“crystallized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallized. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crystallized,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crystallized.
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