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crystalline

Word definitions for crystalline in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\, n. A crystalline substance. See Aniline . [Obs.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French cristalin "like crystal" (Modern French crystallin ), from Latin crystallinus , from Greek krystallinos "of crystal," from krystallos (see crystal ).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Crystalline " is a song by Icelandic artist Björk , released as the lead single from her eighth album Biophilia . The song was released as a single on June 28, 2011 accompanied by an iPad app developed exclusively for the song. It was afterward released ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline" [ant: noncrystalline ] distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN form ▪ The particular clays he has in mind do exist in many different crystalline forms . ▪ Quartz is a crystalline form of silica. ▪ Both crystalline forms are examples of molecular crystals. ▪ In section 3.2 we ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, relating to, or composed of crystals 2 (context chemistry English) having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure 3 resembling crystal in being clear and transparent n. 1 (context obsolete English) Any crystalline substance. 2 (context ...

Usage examples of crystalline.

By 1940 more than two dozen different crystalline compounds had been prepared from the adrenal cortex.

Absolute alcohol will then dissolve out the alkaloid, and leave it on evaporation in a crystalline form.

A crystalline alkaloid which is fatal to frogs in a dose of one centigramme, has been isolated from the common Stinging Nettle.

Canada it occurs with apatite in pyroxene rocks which are intrusive in Laurentian gneisses and crystalline limestones, the principal mining district being in Ottawa county in Quebec and near Burgess in Lanark county, Ontario.

This remarkable artefact consisted of an elemental chunk of bedrock, grey and crystalline, carved into a complex geometrical form of curves and angles, incised niches and external buttresses, surmounted at the centre by a stubby vertical prong.

The German oculist began by admitting that after the operation for cataract there was no chance of the disease returning, but that there was a considerable risk of the crystalline humour evaporating, and the patient being left in a state of total blindness.

The boxwood hedges and sweeping fir boughs were frosted with white, glittering with faint crystalline sparkles.

The ciliary muscle is generally thought to effect the change of form of the crystalline.

While the greater portion of the eyeball is concerned in the focusing of light, the crystalline lens, operated by the ciliary muscle, serves as the special instrument of accommodation.

Show how the iris, the crystalline lens, the retina, the ciliary muscle, and the cornea aid in seeing.

That crystalline mass must have reached its climacteric within the gravitational field of the star, and even a quiet star cannot withstand an assault of antimatter.

He had him cited before the Faculty of Medicine to be examined on his knowledge of the eye, and procured the insertion of a satiric article in the news on the new operation for replacing the crystalline humour, alluding to the wonderful artist then in Warsaw who could perform this operation as easily as a dentist could put in a false tooth.

CARBOLIC ACID is a crystalline substance resembling creasote in its properties.

I am sure the dewless, crystalline air never vibrated to strains of more solemn music.

To each created thing, the Ancient Sovereignty hath portioned out its own perfection, its particular virtue and special excellence, so that each in its degree may become a symbol denoting the sublimity of the true Educator of humankind, and that each, even as a crystalline mirror, may tell of the grace and splendour of the Sun of Truth.