crystallises
Forms into crystals
Crystallises is the British spelling of crystallizes.
To crystallise is to form crystals, as when a dissolved substance solidifies: Salt crystallises as the water evaporates.
Figuratively, ideas or plans crystallise when they take definite shape from something vague: Her thoughts finally crystallised into a coherent strategy.
Sugar-coated fruits are crystallised.
Becomes firm or solid
- setsGrouped items together
- congealsThickens into semi-solid
- freezesHardens from cold
- thickensBecomes less fluid
coagulates · gels · stiffens · firms · cements · curdles · vitrifies · precipitates
Grasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
comprehension · discernment · illumination · perception · awareness · lucidity · grasp · cognition
Initial cluster formation
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- growthIncrease in size
- facetingCutting angled surfaces
habit · geode · structure · morphology · polymorph · solubility · supersaturation · seed
hardens
Becomes firm or solid
thickens · coagulates · gels · stiffens · firms · cements · curdles · vitrifies · precipitates · condenses
realization
Grasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- understandingMental comprehension of something
revelation · comprehension · discernment · illumination · perception · awareness · lucidity · grasp · cognition · intuition
nucleation
Initial cluster formation
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- growthIncrease in size
faceting · habit · geode · structure · morphology · polymorph · solubility · supersaturation · seed · matrix
crystallisesblurs
Makes indistinct
obscures · muddles · confuses · clouds · obfuscates
crystallisesfragments
Incomplete broken pieces
disintegrates · dissolves · scatters · disperses · breaks apart
crystallise, crystallised, crystallising, crystallisation, crystallisable