CRYSTALLIZATION

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Meaning:

A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("crystallization" is a kind of...):

construction; mental synthesis (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)

Derivation:

crystallize (cause to take on a definite and clear shape)

Meaning:

A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

Synonyms:

crystal; crystallization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("crystallization" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crystallization"):

crystallite (any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock)

Derivation:

crystallize (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

crystallize (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)

Meaning:

The formation of crystals

Synonyms:

crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("crystallization" 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 "crystallization"):

bloom; efflorescence (a powdery deposit on a surface)

Derivation:

crystallize (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

crystallize (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)