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Crystalline has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

Any crystalline substance.

"The geologist carefully examined the sample to determine if it was any crystalline substance or merely amorphous glass."

Adjective
1

consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals

"granite is crystalline"

2

distinctly or sharply outlined

"crystalline sharpness of outline"

3

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

"the cold crystalline water of melted snow"

"crystal clear skies"

"could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"

"lucid air"

"a pellucid brook"

"transparent crystal"

4

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

"The geologist carefully examined the crystalline structure of the quartz sample under the microscope."

Example Sentences
"granite is crystalline" adjective
"crystalline sharpness of outline" adjective
"the cold crystalline water of melted snow" adjective
"crystal clear skies" adjective
"could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool" adjective
"lucid air" adjective
"a pellucid brook" adjective
"transparent crystal" adjective
Related Terms
devitrify boric acid xanthopicrite norite glycocoll diffractometry milky quartz scoparin amorphization mannide periclase nanoring gas hydrate solid solution spin ice periodic acid terebic acid crystal indigo white chernobylite
Antonyms
noncrystalline
Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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