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Definition of Crystalline

1. Adjective. Consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals. "Granite is crystalline"

2. Adjective. Distinctly or sharply outlined. "Crystalline sharpness of outline"

3. Adjective. Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity. "Transparent crystal"

Definition of Crystalline

1. a. Consisting, or made, of crystal.

2. n. A crystalline substance.

Definition of Crystalline

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or composed of crystals ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure ¹

3. Adjective. resembling crystal in being clear and transparent ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) Any crystalline substance. ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) aniline ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crystalline

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Crystalline

1. 1. Clear; transparent. 2. Relating to a crystal or crystals. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crystalline

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Literary usage of Crystalline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Surface Flow in Crystalline Solids under Mechanical Disturbance. ... This surface layer has no appearance of crystalline structure, but it has a certain ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"THE Crystalline ROCKS OF THE NORTH-WEST! UNTIL very recently, it has been the ... Their geographic relations to the non-crystalline rocks, if not their ..."

3. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"As intermediate grade* between these crystalline masses and the ordinary clastic strata, lie observed quartz- conglomerates, with a crystalline schistose ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Epidote (a variable silicate of lime, alumina, iron, or manganese) occurs in yellow or greenish translucent crystals or crystalline masses in many of tho ..."

5. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1897)
"VARIOUS Crystalline ROCKS. IN this final chapter we shall consider briefly certain groups of crystalline rocks, some of very wide distribution, ..."

6. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Quartz in its various crystalline forms,—rock-crystal, amethyst, ... All these crystals were lying in decomposed crystalline rock consisting of a coarse ..."

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