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Definition of Crystallite
1. Noun. Any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock.
Definition of Crystallite
1. n. A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.
Definition of Crystallite
1. Noun. A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain ¹
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Definition of Crystallite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crystallite
Literary usage of Crystallite
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) (1886)
"It would appear from the depolarisation and directions of extinction that this
crystallite may be referred to the rhombic system, twinned somewhat after the ..."
2. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1838)
"Its glass yields a fine grained crystallite, like to that of the ... Its glass
yielded a highly facetted crystallite, approaching to the structure of the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1909)
"... Vernadsky found in Sevres porcelain 35%crystallite, which had the ... found in
fluxed Zettlitz kaolin a formation of crystallite in the amorphous mass. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1909)
"From the great resemblance of the crystal needle obtained in the molten minerals
to the crystallite obtained in burned clay, alumina-silicic acid mixture ..."
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