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CRYSTALLIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("crystallization" is a kind of...):
construction; mental synthesis (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)
Derivation:
crystallize (cause to take on a definite and clear shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
Synonyms:
crystal; crystallization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("crystallization" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crystallization"):
crystallite (any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock)
Derivation:
crystallize (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
crystallize (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The formation of crystals
Synonyms:
crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("crystallization" is a kind of...):
chemical phenomenon (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crystallization"):
bloom; efflorescence (a powdery deposit on a surface)
Derivation:
crystallize (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
crystallize (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)
