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CRYSTALLISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crystallisation mean?
• CRYSTALLISATION (noun)
The noun CRYSTALLISATION has 1 sense:
1. the formation of crystals
Familiarity information: CRYSTALLISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formation of crystals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing
Hypernyms ("crystallisation" 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 "crystallisation"):
bloom; efflorescence (a powdery deposit on a surface)
Derivation:
crystallise (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)
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