crystalline
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Investigating these changes requires exceptionally precise equipment, including synchrotron X-ray diffraction, a technique that reveals the arrangement of atoms inside crystalline materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
At the higher parts of the area, the rover encountered coarse, crystalline rock rich in olivine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 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
Its saltiness and nuttiness made perfect sense with the romesco, but I realized I wanted foldiness rather than crystalline hunks.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
From time to time it scraped against the Wall, starting small crystalline showers of ice that sparkled in the sunlight as they fell, like shards of broken glass.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing crystalline
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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