Noun: crystallization ,kris-tu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,kris-tu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
- The formation of crystals
"The slow cooling process allowed for better crystallization of the mineral";
- crystallisation [Brit], crystallizing, crystallising [Brit]
- A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
"Snowflakes are delicate ice crystallizations";
- crystal
- A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
"The crystallization of his ideas into a coherent theory took years"
Derived forms: crystallizations
Type of: chemical phenomenon, construction, mental synthesis, rock, stone
Encyclopedia: Crystallization