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to crystallize

to crystallize

8 6.0
To form crystals, like salt or sugar from a liquid
  • verb
  • /ˈkrɪs.tə.laɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cristalizar
  • As the temperature drops, the water will crystallize into ice.
  • crystallized ammonia
  • ice crystallizes
  • water crystallized

Because because the two molecules are free, they don't crystallize.

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Examples

  • And at high altitudes, it's gonna crystallize and give us what we call snow.

  • But the horse hide glue would crystallize and it would get super hard.

  • Water doesn't need to know anything to crystallize when the temperature gets low enough.

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  • Star sapphires take a week to crystallize properly.

  • When they meet cold water, these minerals crystallize and stick to the top of the vent.

  • Then, if all goes well, the temperature drops below freezing, the water crystallizes, and a pretty brilliant thing happens.

  • As the magma moves towards the Earth's surface, it crystallizes to form young, hot igneous rocks.

  • The protein from the Bacillus thuringiensis crystallizes in the corn borer's gut and the corn borer dies.

  • The sugar began to crystallize after being heated and cooled.

  • Over time, the minerals in the cave crystallized into beautiful formations.

Synonyms

to effloresce
vsto crystallize
  • Specialized
9.9

To form a white, powdery layer on a surface when water dries

is the general process of forming crystals throughout a substance or solution

Antonyms

64 2.4

To mix into a liquid so it becomes part of it

How Crystalline

to crystallize
  • Specialized
8 6.0
to nucleate
  • Specialized
1 8.6
to solidify
55 4.4
to precipitate
  • Specialized
3 8.0

Surface Forms

crystallize infinitive
crystallized past participle
crystallizing present participle
crystallizes third person singular

Morphology

crystallize = crystal (transparent) = crystal + ize

The verb denotes the literal process of forming crystals and is a straightforward derivation from 'crystal' + '-ize'.

Etymology

Crystallize comes from the old Greek word krystallos, which meant 'ice' and later 'crystal' because people once thought crystals were frozen water. So, to crystallize in science is to form crystals, making a substance take a clear, regular shape.