crystalline

crys·tal·line

adjective \ˈkris-tə-lən also -ˌlīn, -ˌlēn\

Definition of CRYSTALLINE

1

: resembling crystal: as

a : strikingly clear or sparkling <crystalline air> <a crystalline lake>

b : clear-cut

2

: made of crystal : composed of crystals

3

: constituting or relating to a crystal

— crys·tal·lin·i·ty \ˌkris-tə-ˈli-nə-tē\ noun

Examples of CRYSTALLINE

1. <we could see fish swimming beneath the crystalline ice of the frozen lake>

Origin of CRYSTALLINE

Middle English cristallin, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin crystallinus, from Greek krystallinos, from krystallos

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CRYSTALLINE

Synonyms

crystal, crystal clear, clear, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid, see-through, transparent

Antonyms

cloudy, opaque

Related Words

colorless, uncolored; diaphanous, lucid, semitranslucent, semitransparent, sheer, translucent, transparentized; glassy, vitreous

Near Antonyms

colored, dark, glazed, tinted; filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky (also smokey); dense, muddy, murky, turbid

Rhymes with CRYSTALLINE

aerodyne, agate line, alkaline, androgyne, anodyne, anticline, Apennine, aquiline, argentine, asinine, auld lang syne, Aventine, Ballantyne, balloon vine, battle line, borderline, bottom-line, Byzantine, calamine, calcimine, Caroline, catarrhine, Catiline, celandine, centerline, cisalpine, claymore mine, clementine, colubrine, columbine, Columbine, concubine, conga line, contour line, Coppermine, coralline, countermine, countersign, credit line, cytokine, dessert wine, disincline, dollar sign, down-the-line, draw the line, eglantine, endocrine, equal sign, Esquiline, exocrine, fescennine, finish line, firing line, Florentine, gas turbine, genuine, gregarine, infantine, interline, intertwine, iodine, Johannine, knotty pine, leonine, Levantine, Liechtenstein, limber pine, lubber line, minus sign, monkeyshine, morning line, muscadine, on deadline, on the line, opaline, palatine, Palatine, Palestine, party line, passerine, picket line, porcupine, psittacine, realign, redefine, redesign, riverine, saccharine, sapphirine, saturnine, second-line, serpentine, service line, sibylline, Siegfried line, sixty-nine, sounding line, subalpine, sparkling wine, static line, steam turbine, story line, table wine, Theatine, three-point line, timberline, toe the line, transalpine, Tridentine, turnverein, turpentine, underline, undermine, Ursuline, uterine, valentine, vespertine, viperine, vulturine, waterline, wind turbine, worry line

crys·tal·line

adjective \ˈkris-tə-lən also -ˌlīn, -ˌlēn\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of CRYSTALLINE

1

: composed of or resembling crystals

2

a : formed by crystallization : having regular arrangement of the atoms in a space lattice—see amorphous 2 b : having the internal structure though not necessarily the external form of a crystal <granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized>

—crys·tal·lin·i·ty \ˌkris-tə-ˈlin-ət-ē\ (audio pronunciation) noun, plural ; crys·tal·lin·i·ties