Microcrystal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A microscopic crystal.

    "If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope."

  2. 2
    any crystal of microscopic size. wordnet

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"If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope."

Etymology

From micro- + crystal.

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