CRYSTALLINE
\kɹˈɪstɐlˌa͡ɪn], \kɹˈɪstɐlˌaɪn], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t_ɐ_l_ˌaɪ_n]\
Definitions of CRYSTALLINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent cristal"
By Princeton University
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent cristal"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Consisting, or made, of crystal.
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Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
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Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
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A crystalline substance.
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See Aniline.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Transparent; various structures.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Crystallinus.Having the appearance of crystal.
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A lenticular, transparent body, situate between the vitreous and aqueous humours of the eye, at the union of the anterior third with the two posterior thirds of the organ. It is composed of a soft exterior substance; and an interior, composed of an albuminoid substance, called Crystalline or Krystalline by Hunefeld, (F.) Crytalline,forming a solid nucleus, in which a number of elliptical layers is perceptible. It is contained in a capsule, called Tunica aranea seu crystallina, Capsula lentis, and receives, at its posterior surface, a small branch of the central artery of the retina, which is always readily distinguishable in foetus, prior to the seventh month of utero-gestation.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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