(physics, chemistry) the separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated and crystallizes out

(transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals / (intransitive) to assume a crystalline form / (transitive) to give something a definite or precise form

A secret supporter or follower. / (uncountable, informal) Clipping of cryptography. / (informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrency. / (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcus.

Secret or covert.

A person who is an expert on creating codes and cyphers. Someone who studies cryptology.

(crystallography) The intergrowth of two twin crystals.

(crystallography) either of two separate crystals that share crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner and intergrow

a clock which is regulated by a quartz crystal

a class of crystal consisting of a lattice of ions held together by their electrostatic interaction; they exhibit strong absorption of infrared radiation and have planes along which they cleave easily

A material formed from by the growth of a crystal nucleus without secondary nucleation or impingement on other crystals; a regular three-dimensional structure extends throughout the material