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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cristalização

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kristalizaˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Crystallization/ˌkrɪs.təl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A cristalização do mel ocorre naturalmente com o tempo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.

    "The slow cooling of the magma allowed for the crystallization of minerals over thousands of years."
  2. 2

    The clear and definite expression or realization of an abstract idea, plan, or feeling.

    "Her speech marked the crystallization of the reform movement's core goals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'krustallos', meaning 'ice' or 'rock crystal', passing through Late Latin 'crystallizare'. It entered the English lexicon in the 17th century, initially referring strictly to the formation of mineral crystals before expanding metaphorically to describe the clear formulation of ideas or abstract concepts.

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