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crystalline

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


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First Solar’s technology doesn’t use crystalline silicon, commonly used in solar cells, and the company has said it isn’t dependen China’s solar supply chains.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

L.A.’s smog changed just about everything around us — even the crystalline light that the Chamber of Commerce bragged about, that enticed people to come here.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

These included metals such as copper, noble gases under extreme pressure such as argon in crystalline state, and the complex solid-solid phase transition of tin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

That sharp crystalline hit against the fudgy crumb makes the chocolate taste deeper.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

If only she would learn some theory, she would understand how her supposed antihelical features arose from the minor distortions needed to pack regular helices into a crystalline lattice.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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