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crystallite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crystallite has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
crystallite, n. [See Crystal.].
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites , belonites , globulites , etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crystallite, n.
1 a small crystal.
2 an individual perfect crystal or grain in a metal etc.
3 Bot. a region of cellulose etc. with a crystal-like structure.
1 a small crystal.
2 an individual perfect crystal or grain in a metal etc.
3 Bot. a region of cellulose etc. with a crystal-like structure.
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