crystallisation

Other forms: crystallisations

Definitions of crystallisation

1. noun

   the formation of crystals
   synonyms: crystallization, crystallizing

   types:

   bloom, efflorescence

   a powdery deposit on a surface

   type of:

   chemical phenomenon

   any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules)
2. noun

   a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
   synonyms: crystal, crystallization

   types:

   crystallite

   any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock

   type of:

   rock, stone

   a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
3. noun

   a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
   synonyms: crystallization

   type of:

   construction, mental synthesis

   the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought