Crystallization

Alternative forms

• UK crystallisation

Full definition of crystallization

Noun

1. (uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. (countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
3. (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
4. (countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

Derived terms

• fractional crystallization
• water of crystallization