Dictionary

crystallization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌkɹɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (US) in isolation

Etymology

Etymology tree English crystal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English crystallization From crystal + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. (countable, uncountable) The body formed by crystallizing.
   • Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
3. (countable, uncountable) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
4. (countable, uncountable) The 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:

Forms

Deriveds

fractional crystallization · biocrystallization · nanocrystallization · cryptocrystallization · recrystallization · cocrystallization · post-crystallization · precrystallization · decrystallization · water of crystallization · anticrystallization

Translations (44)

fi kiteymä (the body formed by crystallizing) · kk кристалдану (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ru кристаллиза́ция (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · it cristallizzazione (formation of a solid from a solution) · de Kristallisation (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ms kristalisasi (formation of a solid from a solution) · bg кристализация (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · tl sabubog (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · sh kristalizácija (the body formed by crystallizing) · tl sabubog (formation of a solid from a solution) · ms kristalisasi (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · fi kiteyttäminen (process or the result of becoming more definite or precise) · ro cristalizație (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · it cristallizzazione (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · it cristallizzazione (the body formed by crystallizing) · sv kristallisation (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ga criostalú (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · pt cristalização (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · fr cristallisation (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · nl kristallisatie (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ga criostalú (formation of a solid from a solution) · cs krystalizace (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · fi kiteytyminen (formation of a solid from a solution) · sh kristalizácija (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · es cristalización (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · fi kiteytyminen (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · sh кристализа́ција (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ca cristal·lització (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ga criostalúchán (the body formed by crystallizing) · el κρυστάλλωση (the body formed by crystallizing) · ms penghabluran (formation of a solid from a solution) · cmn 結晶作用 /结晶作用 (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · sh кристализа́ција (formation of a solid from a solution) · sv kristallisering (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · el κρυστάλλωση (formation of a solid from a solution) · sh кристализа́ција (the body formed by crystallizing) · ms pengkristalan (formation of a solid from a solution) · fi kiteytys (process or the result of becoming more definite or precise) · ms penghabluran (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ms pengkristalan (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ro cristalizare (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · el κρυστάλλωση (the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal) · ms habluran (the body formed by crystallizing) · sh kristalizácija (formation of a solid from a solution)