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crystalline

[kris-tl-in, -ahyn, -een] / ˈkrɪs tl ɪn, -ˌaɪn, -ˌin /


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Instead of transforming into another crystalline phase before melting, the carbon kept its diamond structure all the way to the liquid state.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The unshowy dedication to craft is a marvel, and so is much else in this crystalline little film.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

I considered whipping the miso into cold butter, making a compound butter to scrape over oven-hot sourdough before adding tomato slices and crystalline hunks of salt.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

That’s a smile piece, too, although Ono looks all business holding a crystalline hammer on the catalog cover photo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The beautiful, wild, timid thing breathed softly, caressingly at Rab, but at the same time the queer, crystalline eyes watched Johnny as though sure that this was a boy who ate horses.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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