Various solid substances that glitter because their surfaces are made up of planes that catch the light are called crystals. If you leave your ice cream in the freezer too long, you may find a coating of ice crystals on top.
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See
Noun
a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
Noun
glassware made of quartz
Noun
a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
Noun
a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
Noun
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
Noun
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
n.
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in
solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is
bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of
crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
n.
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or
nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the
like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it.
Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
n.
A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and
manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See
Flint glass.
n.
The glass over the dial of a watch case.
n.
Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
a.
Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent;
lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
Crystal
The blue crystal of the seas.
Crystal
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep.
By crystal streams that murmur through the meads.
The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail.
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See
Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
Usage Examples
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.
After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young.
I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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Other Usage ExamplesI can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.
You have the right to kill me, but you don't have the right to judge me. That's life. There's nobility in that. There's focus. It's genuine. It's crystal and it's pure and it's available to everybody, so just shut your traps and put down your McDonalds, your vaccines, your Us Weekly, your TMZ and the rest of it.
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.