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US
/ˈkɹɪstəˌɫaɪn/
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[ UK /kɹˈɪstɐlˌaɪn/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɪstɐlˌaɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
lucid air
a pellucid brook
transparent crystal
the cold crystalline water of melted snow
could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
crystal clear skies -
distinctly or sharply outlined
crystalline sharpness of outline -
consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
granite is crystalline
How To Use crystalline In A Sentence
- Silica exists in several crystalline forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
- Some makers still bolster these paints with components like formaldehyde, crystalline silica, acetone and ammonia to help preserve the paint or give it other properties, such as spatter-resistance. Painting Without That Smell
- When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.
- Stress-strain results are reported for two series of smectic C main chain liquid crystalline elastomers IMechanica - Comments
- The monster crystals, over six meters long, are made of selenite, a crystalline form of the mineral gypsum (the number one ingredient in blackboard chalk!). Did you know? Chihuahua caves house the world's largest crystals
- For example, microcrystalline pyrite is ubiquitous on the inner surface of cell walls, within lignified cell walls and in the middle lamella.
- Crystalline hyenas ran rampant through the bailey and feasted on the fallen. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
- Her blood has diluted and cooled itself to a crystalline, life-giving wine. A MEANS TO EVIL
- Amorphous, polycrystalline, or epitaxial films can be made with thicknesses from 10 nanometers to hundreds of nanometers or thicker.
- The textures of thunder eggs can vary from distinctly radiating fibrous textures to cryptocrystalline aggregates that preserve the structure of the original rhyolite.