Akademik

crystallization

noun

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

• Syn: ↑crystal

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystallize, ↑crystalize (for: ↑crystal)

• Hypernyms: ↑rock, ↑stone

• Hyponyms: ↑crystallite

2. the formation of crystals

• Syn: ↑crystallisation, ↑crystallizing

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystallize (for: ↑crystallizing), ↑crystallise (for: ↑crystallisation), ↑crystallize

• Hypernyms: ↑chemical phenomenon

• Hyponyms: ↑efflorescence, ↑bloom

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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystallize

• Hypernyms: ↑construction, ↑mental synthesis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.