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Definitions for Crystal

[1] a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
[2] the transparent form of crystallized quartz.
[3] Chemistry , Mineralogy . a solid body having a characteristic internal structure and enclosed by symmetrically arranged plane surfaces, intersecting at definite and characteristic angles.
[4] anything made of or resembling such a substance.
[5] a single grain or mass of a crystalline substance.
[6] glass of fine quality and a high degree of brilliance.
[7] articles, especially glassware for the table and ornamental objects, made of such a glass.
[8] the glass or plastic cover over the face of a watch.
[9] Radio . the piece of germanium, silicon, galena, or the like forming the essential part of a crystal detector. the crystal detector itself.
[10] Electronics . a quartz crystal ground in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, which vibrates strongly at one frequency when electric voltages of that frequency are placed across opposite sides: used to control the frequency of an oscillator (crystal oscillator) , as of a radio transmitter.
[11] Slang . any stimulant drug in powder form, as methamphetamine or PCP.
[12] composed of crystal.
[13] resembling crystal; clear; transparent.
[14] Radio . pertaining to or employing a crystal detector.
[15] indicating the fifteenth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
[16] to make into crystal; crystallize.
[17] to cover or coat with, or as if with, crystal (usually followed by over ).
[18] a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
[19] a female given name.
[20] a piece of solid substance, such as quartz, with a regular shape in which plane faces intersect at definite angles, due to the regular internal structure of its atoms, ions, or molecules
[21] a single grain of a crystalline substance
[22] anything resembling a crystal, such as a piece of cut glass
[23] a highly transparent and brilliant type of glass, often used in cut-glass tableware, ornaments, etc (as modifier ) a crystal chandelier
[24] something made of or resembling crystal
[25] crystal glass articles collectively
[26] electronics a crystalline element used in certain electronic devices as a detector, oscillator, transducer, etc (as modifier ) crystal pick-up ; crystal detector
[27] a transparent cover for the face of a watch, usually of glass or plastic
[28] (modifier) of or relating to a crystal or the regular atomic arrangement of crystals crystal structure ; crystal lattice
[29] resembling crystal; transparent crystal water

Words related to Crystal

clear-cut, limpid, lucid, luminous, pellucid, translucent, lucent, transpicuous

Words nearby Crystal

cryptozoite, cryptozoology, cryptozoon, cryptozygous, cryst., crystal, crystal ball, crystal class, crystal clear, be, crystal counter, crystal defect

Origin of Crystal

before 1000; Middle English cristal(le ), Old English cristalla < Medieval Latin cristallum, Latin crystallum < Greek krýstallos clear ice, rock crystal, derivative of krystaínein to freeze; see cryo-

Other words from Crystal

crys·tal·like , adjective
un·crys·taled , adjective
un·crys·talled , adjective
crystalline adjective

Word origin for Crystal

Old English cristalla, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krustallos ice, crystal, from krustainein to freeze

Synonyms for Crystal

clear-cut, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, pellucid, translucent, transpicuous, unblurred