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Crystalline Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crystalline? [adj] consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline" [adj] 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 cristal" [adj] distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crystalline: clear \| crystal clear \| crystalised \| crystallized \| distinct \| limpid \| lucid \| microcrystalline \| pellucid \| polycrystalline \| transparent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crystalline: clean-cut \| clear \| clear as crystal \| clear as day \| clear-cut \| coherent \| connected \| consistent \| craggy \| crisp \| crystal \| crystal-clear \| defined \| definite \| diaphane \| diaphanous \| direct \| distinct \| explicit \| express \| filmy \| gauzy \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gravelly \| gritty \| lapideous \| light-pervious \| limpid \| lithoid \| lithoidal \| loud and clear \| lucid \| luminous \| monolithic \| nonopaque \| pebbled \| pebbly \| peekaboo \| pellucid \| perspicuous \| plain \| porphyritic \| revealing \| rocklike \| rock-ribbed \| rock-strewn \| rock-studded \| rocky \| sandy \| see-through \| sheer \| shingled \| shingly \| simple \| stonelike \| stony \| straightforward \| thin \| trachytic \| translucent \| transparent \| transpicuous \| unambiguous \| unclouded \| unconfused \| unequivocal \| univocal \| unmistakable \| well-defined See Also \| Crystalline In Webster's Dictionary \Crys"talline\ (kr?s"tal-l?n or -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. ????: cf. F. cristallin. See {Crystal}.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak. 2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. --Whewell. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. 4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. ``The crystalline sky.'' --Milton. {Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. {Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. \Crys"talline\, n. 1. A crystalline substance. 2. See {Aniline}. [Obs.]

Crystalline Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crystalline?

[adj] consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline"
[adj] 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 cristal"
[adj] distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan

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Crystalline In Webster's Dictionary

\Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n or -l?n; 277), a. [L.
crystallinus, from Gr. ????: cf. F. cristallin. See
{Crystal}.]
1. Consisting, or made, of crystal.

         Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak.

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.

         Their crystalline structure.          --Whewell.

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline,
   while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
   ``The crystalline sky.'' --Milton.

{Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the
   Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres
   imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars
   and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens,
   which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those
   within it), in order to explain certain movements of the
   heavenly bodies.

{Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the
   eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of
   rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic
   epithelium.


\Crys"tal*line\, n.
1. A crystalline substance.

2. See {Aniline}. [Obs.]

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