Definitions for crystallization

ADVERTISEMENT

Princeton's WordNet

  1. crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing(noun)

    the formation of crystals

  2. crystal, crystallization(noun)

    a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

  3. crystallization(noun)

    a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation

Wiktionary

  1. crystallization(Noun)

    The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

  2. crystallization(Noun)

    The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

  3. crystallization(Noun)

    The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase

  4. crystallization(Noun)

    The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crystallization(noun)

    the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized

  2. Crystallization(noun)

    the body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Crystallization

    The formation of crystalline substances from solutions or melts. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"crystallization." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/crystallization>.


The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations


A Member Of The STANDS4 Network


Nearby & related entries:

Alternative searches for crystallization: