crystallising
Becoming solid, structured
Crystallising is the British spelling of crystallizing.
To crystallise is to form crystals—sugar crystallises as syrup cools.
Figuratively, vague ideas crystallise when they take definite shape: Her thoughts on the matter were slowly crystallising.
The process can also mean making something clear and fixed: The debate crystallised the differences between them.
Initial cluster formation
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- growthIncrease in size
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
seed · saturation · supersaturation · solubility · morphology · polymorph · habit · symmetry
State of being understandable
- emergingComing into view
- definingSpecifying exact meaning
- formingComing into existence
- coalescingCombining into single entity
shaping · focusing · distilling · resolving · realizing · manifesting · materializing · articulating
Becoming less soft
- settingContext of events
- freezingExtremely cold
- congealingThickening into solid
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
thickening · jelling · cementing · stiffening · curdling · clotting · gelatinizing · consolidating
Removal of contaminants
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
precision · enhancement · finishing · sharpening · optimization · distillation · clarification · enrichment
nucleation
Initial cluster formation
precipitation · seed · saturation · supersaturation · solubility · morphology · polymorph · habit · symmetry · faceting
clarity
State of being understandable
coalescing · shaping · focusing · distilling · resolving · realizing · manifesting · materializing · articulating · concretizing
hardening
Becoming less soft
- settingContext of events
- freezingExtremely cold
- congealingThickening into solid
coagulating · thickening · jelling · cementing · stiffening · curdling · clotting · gelatinizing · consolidating · vitrifying
purification
Removal of contaminants
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- polishingSmoothing by friction
perfection · precision · enhancement · finishing · sharpening · optimization · distillation · clarification · enrichment · cultivation
crystallisingdissolving
Passing into solution
melting · liquefying · thawing · evaporating · sublimating
crystallisingobscuring
Making less visible
muddying · dissolving · dissipating · confusing · blurring
crystallisingdissolving
Passing into solution
dispersing · disorganising · randomising · scattering · disrupting
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