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crystallization

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The body formed by crystallizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: construction, mental synthesis

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crystal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rock, stone

Narrower terms: crystallite

7

noun

Meaning 7

the formation of crystals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallizing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical phenomenon

Narrower terms: efflorescence, bloom

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English crystal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English crystallization From crystal + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кристализация (kristalizacija) — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Catalan: cristal·lització — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結晶作用 /结晶作用 — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Czech: krystalizace — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Dutch: kristallisatie — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Finnish: kiteytyminen — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • French: cristallisation — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • German: Kristallisation — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Greek: κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi) — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Irish: criostalú — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Italian: cristallizzazione — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Kazakh: кристалдану (kristaldanu) — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Malay: penghabluran — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Malay: pengkristalan — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Malay: kristalisasi — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Portuguese: cristalização — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Romanian: cristalizare — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Romanian: cristalizație — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Russian: кристаллиза́ция (kristallizácija) — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Serbo-Croatian: кристализа́ција — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Serbo-Croatian: kristalizácija — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Spanish: cristalización — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Swedish: kristallisation — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Swedish: kristallisering — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Tagalog: sabubog — the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal
  • Finnish: kiteymä — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Greek: κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi) — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Irish: criostalúchán — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Italian: cristallizzazione — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Malay: habluran — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: кристализа́ција — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: kristalizácija — the body formed by crystallizing
  • Finnish: kiteytyminen — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Greek: κρυστάλλωση (krystállosi) — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Irish: criostalú — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Italian: cristallizzazione — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Malay: penghabluran — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Malay: pengkristalan — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Malay: kristalisasi — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: кристализа́ција — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: kristalizácija — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Tagalog: sabubog — formation of a solid from a solution
  • Finnish: kiteyttäminen — process or the result of becoming more definite or precise
  • Finnish: kiteytys — process or the result of becoming more definite or precise