crystallized
Variant of crystallize
crystallize
Definition
crys·tal·lize (kris′təl īz′)
transitive verb crystallized -·lized′, crystallizing -·liz′·ing
- to cause to form crystals or take on a crystalline structure
- to give a definite form to
- to coat with sugar
intransitive verb
- to become crystalline in form
- to take on a definite form their customs crystallized into law
Related Forms:
- crystallizable crys′·tal·liz′·able adjective
- crystallization crys′·tal·li·za′·tion noun
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.
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