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crystalline

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


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The other is crystalline perovskite, a semiconductor already used in technologies including solar cells, lasers and data storage devices.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 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

For those, to put it more generously, pulled in by the simple pleasures and crystalline profundities of the text.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

He turned his back on it and lifted his eyes to the Wall, blazing blue and crystalline in the sunlight.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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