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crystal
English
Alternative forms
- crystall (obsolete)
- chrystal (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English crystal, cristal, cri?stall, from Old English cristalla (“crystal”), a borrowing from Latin crystallum (“crystal, ice”) (later reinforced from Anglo-Norman cristall and Middle French cristal, from Latin crystallum), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (krústallos, “clear ice”), from ????? (krúos, “frost”), from the Proto-Indo-European *krus-, *kru- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kr?s?t?l, IPA(key): /?k??st?l/
Noun
crystal (countable and uncountable, plural crystals)
- (countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
- Synonym: grain
- Antonyms: amorphous, glass
- (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
- (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
- (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
- The glass over the dial of a watch case.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (kurisutaru)
Translations
Adjective
crystal (not comparable)
- Very clear.
- "Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crystal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
crystal From the web:
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- what crystal is this
- what crystals can go in water
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- what crystals are good for protection
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- what crystals cannot go in salt
- what crystals cannot go in water
argentite
English
Noun
argentite (countable and uncountable, plural argentites)
- (mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag2S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
Translations
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Argentite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “argentite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Anagrams
- ganterite, integrate
French
Etymology
argent +? -ite
Noun
argentite f (plural argentites)
- (mineralogy) argentite
Italian
Noun
argentite f (plural argentiti)
- (mineralogy) argentite
argentite From the web:
- what is aragonite used for
- what is argentite made from
- what does argentite mean
- what is aragonite good for
- what does aragonite do
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