Crystal
['krɪst(ə)l] or ['krɪstl]
Definition
(noun.) a protective cover that protects the face of a watch.
(noun.) glassware made of quartz.
(noun.) a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices.
(noun.) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces.
(noun.) a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
(n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
(n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.
(n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case.
(n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
(a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
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Definition
n. a superior kind of quartz clear like ice: (chem.) a piece of matter which has assumed a definite geometrical form with plane faces.—adjs. Crys′tal Crys′tallīne consisting of or like crystal in clearness &c.; Crys′talform; Crys′tallīsable capable of being crystallised or formed into crystals.—n. Crystallīsā′tion the act of crystallising.—v.t. Crys′tallīse to reduce to the form of a crystal.—v.i. to assume a crystalline form.—ns. Crys′tallite; Crystallogen′esis.—adj. Crystallogen′ic.—n. Crystallog′rapher one skilled in crystallography.—adj. Crystallograph′ic—n. Crystallog′raphy the science of crystallisation.—adj. Crys′talloid having the form of a crystal.—n. a name given by Graham to a class of substances which when in solution pass easily through membranes.—n. Crys′tallomancy a mode of divination by means of transparent bodies.
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To dream of crystal in any form, is a fatal sign of coming depression either in social relations or business transactions. Electrical storms often attend this dream, doing damage to town and country. For a woman to dream of seeing a dining-room furnished in crystal, even to the chairs, she will have cause to believe that those whom she holds in high regard no longer deserve this distinction, but she will find out that there were others in the crystal-furnished room, who were implicated also in this sinister dream.
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Examples
- Her hands lay on the paddle like slumber, she only wanted to see him, like a crystal shadow, to feel his essential presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Dowsing, one of the pioneers of electric cooking, exhibited electric cookers and heaters at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exposition in London, was much interest manifested. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nothing daunted, however, he organized a magnificent exhibit for the Great International Exhibition held in Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, London, in 1851. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The exhibition was held in Hyde Park in a great building of glass and iron--which afterwards was re-erected as the Crystal Palace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Paris plant, like that at the Crystal Palace, was a temporary exhibit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It's all as clear as crystal, as you put it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I took the piece of crystal which was to represent the Diamond from my pocket, and gave it to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Is this clear to you as crystal? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Under its crystal face appeared a curl of black hair, too short and crisp to have been severed from a female head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In preparing to cut a diamond the rough crystal is studied until the grain is found. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It suggests no crystal waters, no picturesque shores, no sublimity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She looked at him, as he leaned back against the faint crystal of the lantern-light. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The blunt end of a flat piece of steel is placed in this nick and a smart blow of a hammer divides the crystal evenly and perfectly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Verity, whose firm built many of the fixtures for the Edison Company, and constructed the notable electroliers shown at the Crystal Palace Exposition of 1882. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was first publicly exhibited in operation at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of the American Institute in the fall of 1856, where it attracted great attention and took the gold medal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I take preferably not less than 5 parts by weight of pure boracic acid in crystals, and add thereto 1 part of pure phosphate of soda. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When chemical action between the water and carbide has ceased, and gas bubbles have stopped forming, slaked lime is all that is left of the dark gray crystals which were put into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the hard, gray crystals of calcium carbide are put in water, they give off acetylene, a colorless gas which burns with a brilliant white flame. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Gudrun was laughing and flashing, powdered with snow-crystals, Gerald worked perfectly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- An earthenware jar, _a_, serves to hold the solution of copper, which should be maintained in a saturated state by the addition of crystals of the salt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He scrutinized the crystals of sodium ammonium racemate obtained from aqueous solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If the action be continued, and the supply of copper be maintained by the addition of fresh crystals of the sulphate, the coat of copper may be increased in thickness to almost any extent. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Wesselton mine crystals are noted for their octahedra and purity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Robert Victor yields a big average of fine white stones, and many of the crystals are very perfect and beautiful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Salt crystals glitter in the sun about the shores of the lake. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Crystals once formed may last unchanged for millions of years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Take, for example, the substance water that forms the crystals known as ice. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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