Crystallizing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crystallizing
    n 1: the formation of crystals [syn: {crystallization},
         {crystallisation}, {crystallizing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.]
   To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
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