the act or process of crystallizing.
a crystallized body or formation.
With it crystallization is not the mysterious act itself by which a substance passes from the fluid state to the solid state.
This is probably due to some physical defects or to crystallization from shocks.
By this method it is shown that water, when present as “water of crystallization,” behaves as if it were ice.
This being the case, it is not surprising that repeated attempts have been made to effect the crystallization of alumina.
M. Geoffroy prepares the Sedative Salt by crystallization only, in the following manner.
1660s, noun of action from crystallize + -ation. Figurative use is attested from 1842.
The formation of crystals or the assumption of a crystalline form.