Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crystallization
3 senses of crystallization
Sense 1
crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing -- (the formation of crystals)
=> chemical phenomenon -- (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))
Sense 2
crystal, crystallization -- (a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces)
=> rock, stone -- (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me")
Sense 3
crystallization -- (a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation)
=> construction, mental synthesis -- (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)