crystallization
1. a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces • Syn: crystal • Derivationally related forms: crystallize, crystalize (for: crystal) • Hypernyms: rock, stone • Hyponyms: crystallite 2. the formation of crystals • Syn: crystallisation, crystallizing • Derivationally related forms: crystallize (for: crystallizing), crystallise (for: crystallisation), crystallize • Hypernyms: chemical phenomenon • Hyponyms: efflorescence, bloom 3. a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation • Derivationally related forms: crystallize • Hypernyms: construction, mental synthesis
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