CRYSTAL

crystal, watch crystal, watch glass

(noun) a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

crystal

(noun) glassware made of quartz

crystal

(noun) a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

crystal, crystallization

(noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

crystal

(noun) a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

crystal (countable and uncountable, plural crystals)

(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.

(countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.

(uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.

(uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.

The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Synonyms

• (array of atoms): grain

Antonyms

• (array of atoms): amorphous, glass

Adjective

crystal (not comparable)

Very clear.

Proper noun

Crystal

A female given name from English.

A surname.

A ghost town in Colorado.

A town in Maine.

A city in Minnesota.

A census-designated place in New Mexico.

A city and town in North Dakota.

A town in Wisconsin.

Source: Wiktionary

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Crys"tal (krs"tal), n. Etym: [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See Crust, Raw.]

1. (Chem. & Min.)

Definition: The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; - - called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.

4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.

5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. The blue crystal of the seas. Byron. Blood crystal. See under Blood.

– Compound crystal. See under Compound.

– Iceland crystal, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope.

– Rock crystal, or Mountain crystal, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.

Crys"tal, a.

Definition: Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. Through crystal walls each little mote will peep. Shak. By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden. The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. H. Brooks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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