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Princeton's WordNet

  1. clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidateverb

    make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

    "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

  2. crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystaliseverb

    cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

    "crystallize minerals"

  3. crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalizeverb

    cause to take on a definite and clear shape

    "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"

Wikipedia

  1. crystallise

    Crystallization is the process by which solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal. Some ways by which crystals form are precipitating from a solution, freezing, or more rarely deposition directly from a gas. Attributes of the resulting crystal depend largely on factors such as temperature, air pressure, and in the case of liquid crystals, time of fluid evaporation. Crystallization occurs in two major steps. The first is nucleation, the appearance of a crystalline phase from either a supercooled liquid or a supersaturated solvent. The second step is known as crystal growth, which is the increase in the size of particles and leads to a crystal state. An important feature of this step is that loose particles form layers at the crystal's surface and lodge themselves into open inconsistencies such as pores, cracks, etc. The majority of minerals and organic molecules crystallize easily, and the resulting crystals are generally of good quality, i.e. without visible defects. However, larger biochemical particles, like proteins, are often difficult to crystallize. The ease with which molecules will crystallize strongly depends on the intensity of either atomic forces (in the case of mineral substances), intermolecular forces (organic and biochemical substances) or intramolecular forces (biochemical substances). Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs. In chemical engineering, crystallization occurs in a crystallizer. Crystallization is therefore related to precipitation, although the result is not amorphous or disordered, but a crystal.

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  1. crystallise

    Crystallise refers to the process of forming solid crystals from a solution, melt, gas or even from a different crystal structure. It could also mean the act of making or becoming definite and clear or giving a concrete or tangible form to an idea, plan or strategy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crystallise in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crystallise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of crystallise in a Sentence

  1. Morgan Stanley:

    Were Nigeria to be removed from the index as a result of the dry-up in liquidity as forewarned by the index provider, upside risks to our naira forecast of 200-205 (per dollar) over the next 12 months could crystallise immediately, especially if one considers that its (annual) current account deficit could be up to ... $10 billion.

  2. Chief Executive Tony Fernandes ':

    We don't want to do too many because we don't need that much cash. But it's just to show the market that it can be done and crystallise the value, we're a solid company with a solid balance sheet and a solid business plan.

  3. James Chappell:

    Clarity on strategy is needed, with perhaps only a break-up able to crystallise value, our preference remains for a full separation of the investment bank with a listing in the U.S.

  4. Carsten Kengeter:

    I don't really think this will crystallise at the moment but they could articulate it if our merger (with LSE) is unsuccessful.

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