Crystal : (noun)
1: a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and
having a highly regular atomic structure
2: a crystalline element used as a component in various
electronic devices
3: a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has
regularly repeating internal structure; external plane
faces [syn: crystallization]
4: colorless glass made of almost pure silica [syn: quartz
glass, quartz, vitreous silica, lechatelierite]
5: glassware made of quartz
6: a protective cover that protects the face of a watch [syn: watch
crystal, watch glass]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Crystal : \Crys"tal\ (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L.
crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. ????, fr. ???? icy cold,
frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E.
crust. See Crust, Raw.]
1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to
assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of
cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces,
symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has
fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or
nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with
gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal.
Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz,
Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and
manufacture than common glass, and often cut into
ornamental forms. See Flint glass.
4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.
5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
The blue crystal of the seas. --Byron.
Blood crystal. See under Blood.
Compound crystal. See under Compound.
Iceland crystal, a transparent variety of calcite, or
crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and
used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope.
Rock crystal, or Mountain crystal, any transparent
crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless
quartz.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Crystal : \Crys"tal\, a.
Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid;
pellucid; crystalline.
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep.
--Shak.
By crystal streams that murmur through the meads.
--Dryden.
The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the
ground rebounds the ratting hail. --H. Brooks.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Crystal :
Concurrent Representation of Your Space-Time ALgorithms.
A recursion equation parallel language.
["A Parallel Language and its Compilation to Multiprocessor
Machines or VLSI", M.C. Chen, 13th POPL, ACM 1986 pp.131-139].
(1994-12-06)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Crystal, MI
Zip code(s): 48818
Crystal, MN (city, FIPS 14158)
Location: 45.03730 N, 93.35935 W
Population (1990): 23788 (9541 housing units)
Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55428
Crystal, ND (city, FIPS 17060)
Location: 48.59845 N, 97.66836 W
Population (1990): 199 (96 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58222
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Crystal : (Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the
spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6;
21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined
kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally
"ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water
congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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