crystalline
ಸ್ಫಟಿಕೀಯ
definition
adjective
a crystalline rock
having the structure and form of a crystal; composed of crystals.
example
Crystal gems do not soak up water, because of their closely packed 'crystalline' structure that does not permit water molecules to enter.
As more of the chains are caused to line up in an ordered manner, the polymer becomes more 'crystalline' .
Although most small molecule drugs come as 'crystalline' powders, only one protein pharmaceutical, insulin, is formulated thus.
A 'crystalline' metal is composed of a lattice of positively charged ions.
Cristobalite is a 'crystalline' form of silica that has a diamondlike structure.
Even if a perfect crystal is not formed, the internal 'crystalline' structure can be shown.
When it precipitates in the gall bladder it forms 'crystalline' solids called gallstones.
He credits this awesome landscape with inspiring many of the 'crystalline' passages of prose that have illuminated his other books.
They consist of metals and nonmetals bound together in a 'crystalline' or non-crystalline structure.
Changing the state of a substance with asymmetric bonds requires more energy than a 'crystalline' structure would.
Silicate minerals are classified primarily on the basis of their 'crystalline' structure.
Quartz and gypsum are other familiar examples of 'crystalline' structures.
Many substances - particularly those with 'crystalline' structures - form differently when in low gravity.
Bach invokes these emotions within a structure so 'crystalline' that we can't begin to fathom its perfection.
Glass itself does not have a 'crystalline' structure as minerals do.
This 'crystalline' structure is an orderly arrangement of ions known as a crystal lattice.
This usually leads to a physical structure that is 'crystalline' in nature.
Silica exists in several 'crystalline' forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
Very often, these images are transcendentally brilliant, particularly those shot in 'crystalline' black and white.
At higher elevations on these mountains, the parent material is acid 'crystalline' rock.
Both are 'crystalline' forms of sulfur, but their structures are slightly different.
Saccharin is a white, 'crystalline' powder that can be as much as 500 times sweeter than sucrose.
How much more fun law school would be if the prose were 'crystalline' !
Haematite is iron oxide - a grey form of the mineral that has a larger 'crystalline' structure than the more familiar red stuff, or rust.
Close to this point, an amorphous critical nucleus would consist in the disordered aggregation of a few molecules, and the 'crystallinity' would appear later during the growth process.
Testing can be conducted to ascertain melting point, degree of 'crystallinity' , and glass-transition temperature, or for component quantification.
The process controls the size, shape and 'crystallinity' of particles - improving the effectiveness of products from inhalants to water-insoluble drugs.
Upon compression, a cholesterol film transforms from a monolayer of trigonal symmetry and low 'crystallinity' to a trilayer, composed of a highly crystalline bilayer in a rectangular lattice and a disordered top cholesterol layer.
The intermediate layer provides an improvement to the 'crystallinity' of the ferroelectric layer which results in enhanced performance to the transistor, for example the turn-on voltage.
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