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crystalline
CIDE DICTIONARY
crystalline, a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. : cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal.].
- Consisting, or made, of crystal. [1913 Webster]"Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline." [1913 Webster]
- Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. [1913 Webster]"Their crystalline structure." [1913 Webster]
- Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. [1913 Webster]
- Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. Milton. [1913 Webster]
crystalline, n.
- A crystalline substance. [1913 Webster]
- See Aniline. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crystalline, adj.
1 of, like, or clear as crystal.
2 Chem. & Mineral. having the structure and form of a crystal.
1 of, like, or clear as crystal.
2 Chem. & Mineral. having the structure and form of a crystal.
Idiom
crystalline lens a transparent lens enclosed in a membranous capsule behind the iris of the eye.
Derivative
crystallinity n.
Etymology
ME f. OF cristallin f. L crystallinus f. Gk krustallinos (as CRYSTAL)
THESAURUS
crystalline
clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, connected, consistent, craggy, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, explicit, express, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, gravelly, gritty, lapideous, light-pervious, limpid, lithoid, lithoidal, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, monolithic, nonopaque, pebbled, pebbly, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, porphyritic, revealing, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn, rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, sandy, see-through, sheer, shingled, shingly, simple, stonelike, stony, straightforward, thin, trachytic, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable, well-definedROGET THESAURUS
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Density
N density, solidity, solidness, impenetrability, impermeability, incompressibility, imporosity, cohesion, constipation, consistence, spissitude, specific gravity, hydrometer, areometer, condensation, caseation, solidation, solidification, consolidation, concretion, coagulation, petrification, crystallization, precipitation, deposit, precipitate, inspissation, gelation, thickening, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, insolubility, indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block, knot, lump, concretion, concrete, conglomerate, cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum, bone, gristle, cartilage, casein, crassamentum, legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star, dense, solid, solidified, caseous, pukka, coherent, cohesive, compact, close, serried, thickset, substantial, massive, lumpish, impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous, incompressible, constipated, concrete, knotted, knotty, gnarled, crystalline, crystallizable, thick, grumous, stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied, unthawed, indivisible, indiscerptible, infrangible, indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.Transparency
N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.For further exploring for "crystalline" in Webster Dictionary Online
