CRYSTALLIZING

crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing

(noun) the formation of crystals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

crystallizing

present participle of crystallize

Source: Wiktionary


CRYSTALLIZE

Crys"tal*lize (krs"tal-lz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crystallized (-lzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal.]

Definition: To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

Crys"tal*lize, v. i.

Definition: To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AFOREMENTIONED

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