crystalline

IPA: krˈɪstʌɫaɪn

noun

  • (obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
  • (obsolete) aniline

adjective

  • Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
  • (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
  • Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.
  • Pure.
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Examples of "crystalline" in Sentences

  • Hang it out on the line in crystalline clean mountain air.
  • Its floor is covered in crystalline, perfectly faceted blocks.
  • The chains may be entangled like spaghetti (as above) or be ordered in crystalline formations.
  • Now the whole Livewire in crystalline Element Lad body being hunted down as “The Progenitor” thing keeps my seatbelt on.
  • One medical researcher who accidentally inhaled some of it in crystalline form said “It is not toxic, but if you inhale some of it, you will wish you were dead.”
  • In its citation, the Swedish academy said the duo achieved their result "at a time when many believed it was impossible for such thin crystalline materials to be stable."
  • The geometric ordering of atoms in crystalline solids as well as the different kinds of magnetic order, are examples of general ordering phenomena in nature when systems find an energetically favorable arrangement by choosing a certain state of symmetry.

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