crystalline

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The limpid four-movement ballet is both courtly and casual, with its intricately evolving choreographic patterns gently beguiling, as if seen in a crystalline hall of mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Solid electrolytes made from crystalline materials tend to develop microscopic cracks.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2026

And there’s nutty: a good crystalline parm or Manchego that adds both salt and depth.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

The piece dominates a soaring atrium, capped with a curved, crystalline glass roof.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Previous work in Adaurice’s lab had shown that crystalline A-form DNA fibers increase in length when they take up water and go over into the B form.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson