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crystalline

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


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His research centers on metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are crystalline, porous materials with structures that can be carefully customized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The exhibition’s 11 sections unfold not chronologically, but more in the manner of evolution on earth, moving from simple and crystalline to complex and fleshed out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The medical association pointed to the success of Australia’s nationwide prohibition of artificial stone containing more than 1% crystalline silica.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

Goblin was watching out of the corner of his crystalline blue eyes.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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