Associations to the word «Crystallite»

Wiktionary

CRYSTALLITE, noun. A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain

Dictionary definition

CRYSTALLITE, noun. Any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.