crystallized Hear it!

Variant of crystallize

crystallize Definition

crys·tal·lize (kris′təl īz′)

transitive verb crystallized -·lized′, crystallizing -·liz′·ing

  1. to cause to form crystals or take on a crystalline structure
  2. to give a definite form to
  3. to coat with sugar

intransitive verb

  1. to become crystalline in form
  2. to take on a definite form their customs crystallized into law

Related Forms:

crystallized Usage Examples

Object

  • form: By aiming X-rays through a crystallized form of the protein, a three-dimensional image â precise down to the atom â was obtained.
  • majority: Prolog ( i ) The politics of the crystallized majority.
  • material: By this way we could get the whole 3D structure by the systematic analysis of a good crystallized material.
  • charcoal: Finally rubies are sapphires are made of aluminum and oxygen, rather than " crystallized charcoal " .

Preposition: at

  • pressure: Experimental evidence suggests that both suites of basalt crystallized at pressures 8 kbar from melts containing 1 -2 wt % water.

Used with why or when

  • when: This crystallized when studying under James Sellars at Southampton College of Art.

Preposition: in

  • form: However, for chains as short as C 198 H 398, crystallized in the extended form, this seems rather unlikely.