Crystallization
WordNet
noun
(1) A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
(2) A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
(3) The formation of crystals
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
- The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase