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Definition of crystalline
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Examples of crystalline in a Sentence
we could see fish swimming beneath the crystalline ice of the frozen lake
Recent Examples of crystalline from the Web
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The song, which was released via Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records, features crystalline production dancing beneath the smooth, intimate sound of MAX's voice.
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The element of surprise factored into even the most intimate moments. Adhering to a minimalist approach favoring texture and vulnerability, Feist utilized her soft, crystalline voice to dynamic effect.
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Hominid remains were actually stumbled upon there in the 1960s by miners looking for the crystalline mineral barite, and were studied at the time by anthropologists.
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Loach and Laverty don’t necessarily point out anything new in their film, which in the end winds up succumbing to melodramatic stagecraft that detracts from the crystalline simplicity and clarity that’s come before.
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Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida: Visitors can reach the crystalline quartz sand beach via a long walk north from Clearwater Beach, or sail there by pedestrian ferry boat or private boat. 6.
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Visitors can reach the crystalline quartz sand beach via a long walk north from Clearwater Beach, or sail there by pedestrian ferry boat or private boat.
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Here the crystalline touch of his pianism and the chorale-like three-horn passagework stood out, the music constantly shifting tone and texture, just as novelist Cole's protagonist observes the panoply of life in New York.
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Barnatan was a better fit for this keyboard part, a strange sea of jangly, crystalline sounds that tested his limits.
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Origin and Etymology of crystalline
Middle English cristallin, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin crystallinus, from Greek krystallinos, from krystallos
CRYSTALLINE Defined for English Language Learners
crystalline
playDefinition of crystalline for English Language Learners
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: clear and shining like crystal
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: made of or similar to crystal or crystals
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Medical Dictionary
crystalline
playMedical Definition of crystalline
1: composed of or resembling crystals
2a: formed by crystallization : having regular arrangement of the atoms in a space lattice—see amorphous 2b: having the internal structure though not necessarily the external form of a crystal granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized
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