crystal
水晶,晶体,晶晶,水晶的
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- : a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- : the transparent form of crystallized quartz.
- : Chemistry, Mineralogy. a solid body having a characteristic internal structure and enclosed by symmetrically arranged plane surfaces, intersecting at definite and characteristic angles.
- : anything made of or resembling such a substance.
- : a single grain or mass of a crystalline substance.
- : glass of fine quality and a high degree of brilliance.
- : articles, especially glassware for the table and ornamental objects, made of such a glass.
- : the glass or plastic cover over the face of a watch.
- : Radio. the piece of germanium, silicon, galena, or the like forming the essential part of a crystal detector. the crystal detector itself.
- : Electronics. a quartz crystal ground in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, which vibrates strongly at one frequency when electric voltages of that frequency are placed across opposite sides: used to control the frequency of an oscillator , as of a radio transmitter.
- : Slang. any stimulant drug in powder form, as methamphetamine or PCP.
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This material is soft and deformable, consisting of molecules loosely bound in a crystal structure.
Juno has also seen evidence that violent storms in deeper cloud layers sometimes toss ice crystals high above where they’re normally found.
This more basic environment causes little crystals of calcium carbonate to form.
At the bottom, I calculated the mean — the average crystal growth — for each group.
That will tell you how many grams of sugar crystals had grown.
Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.
Sailor Moon Crystal is expected to wrap up its initial storylines by the end of the year.
Sailor Moon Crystal is a more ambitious retelling of multiple Sailor Moon story arcs.
Crystal is a onetime member of the Avengers, and in various storylines is also married to Quicksilver.
Hers is a particular brand of essay: writing at its most crystal clear, subject matter at its most slippery and interesting.
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
The soul of music which is embodied in them is imprisoned within wood and crystal, and is no more heard of men.