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Definition of Semicrystalline
1. a. Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
Definition of Semicrystalline
1. Adjective. Partially crystalline (and partially amorphous) ¹
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Definition of Semicrystalline
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Semicrystalline
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Semicrystalline
Literary usage of Semicrystalline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Practical Assaying: Intended for the Use of Metallurgists by John Mitchell (1854)
"It ocean in semicrystalline prisms of irregular form, generally deeply, striated,
and i» prisms of six or more sides, variously terminated, one end usually ..."
2. Bulletin by New Zealand Geological Survey (1912)
"The principal ore body occurs in the bed of semicrystalline, gray, magnesian
limestone, the brecciated part of which is at least 75 feet thick. ..."
3. The Zinc Deposits of Northeastern Tennessee by Albert Homer Purdue (1912)
"8, the greater amount of the ore is to the east of the fault. A less amount is
to its west. The principal ore body occurs in the bed of semicrystalline, ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1887)
"Microscopically the deposit consisted of grains of starch in a somewhat swollen
condition, mixed with a very small amount of amorphous and semicrystalline ..."
5. A Geological Manual by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1833)
"... other was either wholly or semicrystalline. These observations do not apply
to the alternations, as there we have to suppose a change of circumstances ..."