Crystallization
[,krɪstəlaɪ'zeɪʃən] or [,krɪstlɪ'zeʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation.
(noun.) the formation of crystals.
Editor: Spence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
(n.) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
Inputed by Katrina
Examples
- Laboratory processes like distilling, filtering, crystallization, sublimation, became known to the Europeans through them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Capes and other yellow diamonds are usually perfect, something in the color of these stones seemingly being of a nature which helps clear and perfect crystallization. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So very rapidly there went on a process of political crystallization in the confused and lawless sea into which the Western Empire had liquefied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Silicious slate was formed later by mechanical crystallization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The analogy of the aggregation of feudal groupings with crystallization is a very close one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Werner considered all rocks as having originated by crystallization, either chemical or mechanical, from an aqueous solut ion--a universal primitive ocean. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Nettie