crystal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: krĭsʹtəl, IPA: /ˈkrɪstəl/, SAMPA: /"krIst@l/

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English cristal (“‘clear ice/mineral’”), from Old French cristal, from Latin crystallum (“‘crystal, ice’”), from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krustallos), “‘ice’”), from κρύος (kruos), “‘frost’”), from the Proto-Indo-European *kru(s)- (“‘hard, hard outer surface’”).

[edit] Noun

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crystal (countable and uncountable; plural crystals)

1. (countable) A solid (mineral quartz or otherwise) composed of an array of atoms possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
2. (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
3. (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
4. (uncountable, slang) crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.

[edit] Synonyms

• (array of atoms): grain

[edit] Antonyms

• (array of atoms): amorphous, glass

[edit] Derived terms

• crystalliferous
• crystalline
• crystallite
• crystallization, crystallisation
• crystallographer
• crystalloid
• quasicrystal

[edit] Related terms

• as clear as crystal, clear as crystal
• crystal-clear, crystal clear
• liquid crystal
• rock crystal

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[edit] References

• “crystal” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001