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Crystalline vs Crystallization - What's the difference?

crystalline | crystallization |

As nouns the difference between crystalline and crystallization

is that crystalline is (obsolete) any crystalline substance while crystallization is (uncountable) the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

As an adjective crystalline

is of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

crystalline

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or composed of crystals
  • (chemistry) having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure
  • resembling crystal in being clear and transparent

    • Antonyms

    * amorphous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
  • (obsolete) aniline
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    crystallization

    English

    (wikipedia crystallization)

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) crystallisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
  • (countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
  • (countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

    • Derived terms

    * fractional crystallization * water of crystallization