(BrE also crystallise) verb
1 (of thoughts, plans, beliefs, etc.) to become clear and fixed; to make thoughts, beliefs, etc. clear and fixed:
[V] Our ideas began to crystallize into a definite plan. * [VN] The final chapter crystallizes all the main issues.
2 (technical) to form or make sth form into CRYSTALS:
[V] The salt crystallizes as the water evaporates. [also VN]
crystallization, crystallisation noun [U,sing.]:
salt crystallization * a crystallization of his life's work
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