different between crystal vs indicatrix
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
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indicatrix
English
Noun
indicatrix (plural indicatrices)
- (mathematics, crystallography) An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes
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