crystalline

• chrystalline (obsolete)

From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin, from Latin crystallīnus (“like crystal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/

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crystalline (comparative more crystalline, superlative most crystalline)

1. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

   Synonym: crystal

2. (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
3. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.
4. Pure.
   • 2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian‎:

     not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

• amorphous

crystalline (plural crystallines)

1. (obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
2. (obsolete) aniline

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.li.ne/, [krʏs̠ˈt̪älːʲɪnɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /krisˈtal.li.ne/, [krisˈt̪älːine]

crystalline

1. vocative masculine singular of crystallinus