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  1. adjective Being, relating to, or composed of crystal or crystals.
  2. adjective Resembling crystal, as in transparency or distinctness of structure or outline.

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  • WITHIN THE EYE Immediately behind the pupil is the lens, sometimes called the crystalline lens, not because it contains crystals, but because, in the older sense of the word "crystalline," it is transparent (see illustration, p. 274). —  The Human Brain
  • McBride pointed to a crime-scene photo on the wall. —  1st to Die
  • There was a crystalline order to cold that appealed to him as well. —  The Wizard Of London
  • "I be Icedora, but thou mayst call me Icy," she said, her voice like the crystalline tinkle of glass dangles. —  Phaze Doubt
  • Hell, he thought ruefully, as Chinthliss laid out the last of his webs of power over Tannim's own -crystalline" geometric structures, I've got no idea how half of what he wants to do is going to work! —  The Chrome Borne
 

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  1. Middle English cristallin, from Old French, from Latin crystallinus, from Greek krustallinos, from krustallos, ice, crystal; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =F. cristallin = Provencal cristallin = Spanish cristalino = Portuguese crystallino = Italian cristallino = Dutch kristallijn = Middle High German kristallīn, German krystallin (cf. Danish krystallinsk, German krystallinish; Swedish kristallisk), from Latin crystallĭnus, from Greek κρυστάλλινος, from κρύσταλλος, clear ice, crystal: see crystal.
 

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