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crystalline

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


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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

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

"Because these crystalline membranes can be fabricated over large areas and transferred onto different supports, this approach provides a practical path toward twist-engineered oxide electronics."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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

The first figure is Asase Yaa, wearing a sparkling crystalline dress.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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