Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crystallized"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.]
To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crystallized
adj 1: having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish
between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"-
Psychological Abstracts [syn: {crystallised}] [ant: {uncrystallized}]
2: having both internal structure and external form of a
crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized" [syn:
{crystalised}]


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