CRYSTALLIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crystallizing mean? 

• CRYSTALLIZING (noun)
  The noun CRYSTALLIZING has 1 sense:

1. the formation of crystals

  Familiarity information: CRYSTALLIZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYSTALLIZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of crystals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing

Hypernyms ("crystallizing" is a kind of...):

chemical phenomenon (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crystallizing"):

bloom; efflorescence (a powdery deposit on a surface)

Derivation:

crystallize (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

crystallize (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form)

 Context examples 

That homogeneity, or sameness, indicates the crystallizing magma was well-mixed.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)

To become a reporter now, just as my style is taking form, crystallizing, would be to commit literary suicide.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)