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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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Together, these meta-atoms create a crystal unlike anything found naturally.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The researchers also found that the pattern of heat flow changed in predictable ways when the orientation of the crystal changed.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Scattered across the living room floor, under a sparkling crystal chandelier, were dozens of photos of the same slender man in different settings - sitting at his desk, even playing in the snow.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The temperature maps revealed distinct ray-shaped patterns aligned with specific directions in the crystal.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

“Wait,” said Thorn as the Gran’s hand turned the crystal knob on her door.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Indium-phosphide crystals are brittle and grown in small batches, and the industry is only now moving from three-inch to six-inch wafers, a step silicon took in the 1980s.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

At Diamond Light Source, the team used synchrotron X-ray microtomography to watch crystals form inside the magma in real time.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

There's a child-like quality to festival make-up, he says, so embrace it - think playful colour and crystals.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Nearby, a handmade chandelier by artist Helen Stickler, decorated with vintage Swarovski crystals and beads, adds to what Weger describes as her “Candyland vibe.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

A long cavern lined with crystals shimmered around him, reflecting back his torchlight.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian Jun. 16, 2019

Her eyes, her color, her smiles were radiance itself; her mobile lips curved over teeth as white and gleaming as crystalled snow.

From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by King, Charles

Then two drops of crystalled dew From the hyacinth’s deep hue, Brought she for thine eyes of blue; And lest they should miss the sun, Bade thy soul to shine thereon.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Dreiser, Theodore

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by London, Jack




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