crystallizable

[Eng. crystal liz (e); -able.] Capable of being crystallized or of being formed into crystals. the crystallizable and the oily portion of the fat." Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anat., vol. 1, ch. iii., p. 85. crys-tal-liz-ā-tion, *chrys-tal-liz-ā-tion, s. [Eng. crystal liz ( e ); -ation .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act or proce of becoming crystallized. Hauy's theory of crystallization ."- Phillips : Mineralogy (2d ed.), Pref. 2. The body formed by crystallizing. II. Chem., Min., .: In the same sense as I. 1i. e., the act of a uming the crystalline form or the state of being in that shape. As a rule, bodies which pa slowly from the liquid to the solid state tend to crystallize before the proce is complete. When this takes place with a generally solid body in a state of fusion, then crystallization is said to take place by the dry way. When, on the contrary, it is produced during the slow evaporation of a salt in solution, it is said to be effected by the moist Sometimes also crystals are formed when a body pa es from the gaseous to the solid state, This is the case with iodine. Nearly all substances will crystallize when allowed to pa slowly into the solid state; those which do not crystallize are generally of very complex organization. [CRYSTAL, IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation]