crystalline

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/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Clear like crystal or made of crystals.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.

Examples

  • This molecule has a crystalline structure.

  • not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/
  • /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent

  2. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Any crystalline substance.

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In context

  • There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.