crystallization

• crystallisation (UK)
• crystalization (US)

From crystal + -ization.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹ̠ɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

crystallization (countable and uncountable, plural crystallizations)

1. The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. The body formed by crystallizing.

   Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

3. The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
4. The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

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