crystallite

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: crys=tal=lite

CIDE DICTIONARY

crystallite, n. [See Crystal.].

 A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crystallite, n.
1 a small crystal.
2 an individual perfect crystal or grain in a metal etc.
3 Bot. a region of cellulose etc. with a crystal-like structure.