| NOUN | phenomenon | crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing | the formation of crystals |
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| object | crystallization, crystal | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance | |
| cognition | crystallization | a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation |
| Meaning | The formation of crystals. | |
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| Synonyms | crystallisation, crystallizing | |
| Narrower | efflorescence, bloom | A powdery deposit on a surface |
| Broader | chemical phenomenon | Any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) |
| Spanish | cristalización | |
| Catalan | cristal·lització | |
| Verbs | crystallize | assume crystalline form |
| crystallize | cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | |
| Meaning | A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces. | |
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| Synonym | crystal | |
| Narrower | crystallite | Any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition / composition found in glassy igneous rock |
| Broader | rock, stone | A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter |
| Spanish | cristal | |
| Catalan | cristall | |
| Verbs | crystallize | assume crystalline form |
| crystallize | cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | |
| Meaning | A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation. | |
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| Broader | construction, mental synthesis | The creation of a construct |
| Verbs | crystallize | cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
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