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noun

crystallisation

CEFR C2

the formation of crystals

In a sentence

Six example sentences with crystallisation, each labelled with its topic.

  • Stirring the syrup too early triggers crystallisation, and the smooth caramel turns grainy before it ever cools.

    Cooking

  • Slow cooling over three weeks encouraged crystallisation, leaving glassy purple shapes lining the inside of the geode.

    Science

  • Uric acid crystallisation in the big toe produces the sudden night pain that patients describe as unbearable.

    Medicine

  • Evaporation drives crystallisation across the salt flat each summer, leaving a crust bright enough to hurt the eyes.

    Environment

  • Chip makers pull a single silicon crystal from a molten bath, and any flaw in crystallisation ruins the whole ingot.

    Technology

  • The installation lets crystallisation run for weeks inside glass tanks, so visitors watch blue shapes grow along copper wire.

    Art

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