crystallizing

5.9

Solid crystals form when a liquid cools or dries

noun
/ˈkrɪstəlˌaɪzɪŋ/

Specialized

: cristalización

She observed the crystallizing of the substance as it cooled, forming delicate patterns.

Examples

During the crystallizing process, the salt gradually transformed into solid crystals.
In one crystallizing, cross-generational, and unbelievably viral rant.

Blog text (18)
A decade after the Williamson manifesto, new developments (albeit less momentous ones) point toward the crystallizing of a more specific set of policies for combating poverty and inequality.

Academic text (2000)
The crystallizing of the sugar created beautiful, sparkling crystals in the jar.

Synonyms

crystallization

vscrystallizing

Specialized

2 6.1

A process that makes crystals when a liquid, melted rock, or gas cools

is the action form used to describe the process of forming crystals

Antonyms

dissolving

3.0

A process where something mixes into a liquid to make a mixture

How Crystalline

crystal

Specialized

61 3.6

crystallizing

Specialized

5.9

nucleation

Specialized

1 8.2

amorph

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

crystallizing singular

crystallizings plural

Morphology

crystallizing = crystallize (transparent) = crystal + ize + ing

The process of forming crystals is clearly derived from the verb 'crystallize'.

Etymology

Crystallizing comes from crystal, a word that originally meant 'ice' because clear mineral crystals looked like frozen water. So to crystallize is to form a clear, solid shape like tiny 'ice' pieces, and crystallizing is the process of a material changing into those 'crystals'.