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Definition: Crystal |
CrystalNoun1. 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. 4. Colorless glass made of almost pure silica. 5. Glassware made of quartz. 6. A protective cover that protects the face of a watch. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Crystal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the crystal", "the ice". |
Date "crystal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | 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). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Bible | 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. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Chemistry | An ordered three-dimensional array of atoms, molecules or ions. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The detector is a large saucer-shaped device machined from a single crystal of sodium iodide. The efficency depends on the thickness. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A macroscopic piece of semiconductor material from which devices are made. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Quartz that is transparent or nearly so and that is either colourless or only slightly tinged. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of crystal in any form, is a fatal sign of coming depression either in social relations or business transactions. Electrical storms often attend this dream, doing damage to town and country. For a woman to dream of seeing a dining-room furnished in crystal, even to the chairs, she will have cause to believe that those whom she holds in high regard no longer deserve this distinction, but she will find out that there were others in the crystal-furnished room, who were implicated also in this sinister dream. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Medicine | A protein used to synchronize the body clock with light. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A regular polyhedral form, bounded by planes, which is assumed by a chemical element or compound, under the action of its intermolecular forces, which passing, under suitable conditions, from the state of a liquid or gas to that of a solid. A crystal is characterized first by its definite internal molecular structure and second, by its external form b. The regular polyhedral form, bounded by plane surfaces, which is the outward expression of a periodic or regularly repeating internal arrangement of atoms. See also:crystal face c. A body formed by the solidification under favorable conditions of a chemical element, a compound, or an isomorphous mixture and having a regularly repeating internal arrangement of its atoms; esp. such a body that has natural external plane faces as a result of the internal structure d. Quartz that is transparent or nearly so and that is either colorless or only slightly tinged. Also a piece of this material. Also called rock crystal e. A colorless transparent diamond f. As an adj., consisting of or resembling crystal. Syn. for crystalline; clear; transparent. Relating to or using a crystal g. A regular polyhedron exhibited by a chemical element or compound where its atomic particles assume a periodic array under suitable physical and chemical conditions. The external form is a low-energy response to the symmetry of the internal forces with each face parallel to a high-density plane of atomic particles. h. Any solid material with a periodic internal structure. Syn:crystalline i. Glass of superior quality and high density and luster (resulting from inclusion of lead salts in old objects), commonly with ornamental cutting, e.g., flint glass. j. An adj. referring to material properties, e.g., crystal structure (for internal periodicity), crystal solution (as between end members of amineral series). (references) |
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A crystal is a solid in which the constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are packed in a regularly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.
Generally, fluid substances form crystals when they undergo a process of solidification. Under ideal conditions, the result may be a single crystal, where all of the atoms in the solid fit into the same lattice or crystal structure, but generally many crystals form simultaneously during solidification, leading to a polycrystalline solid. For example, most metals encountered in everyday life are polycrystals.
Which crystal structure the fluid will form depends on the chemistry of the fluid, the conditions under which it is being solidified, and also on the ambient pressure. See the entry on phase for more information. The process of forming a crystalline structure is often referred to as crystallization.
While the process of cooling usually results in the generation of a crystalline material, under certain conditions the fluid may be frozen in a noncrystalline state. In most cases, this involves cooling the fluid so rapidly that atoms cannot travel to their lattice sites before they lose mobility. A noncrystalline material, which has no long-range order, is called an amorphous, vitreous, or glassy material. It is also often referred to as an amorphous solid, although there are distinct differences between solids and glasses: most notably, the process of forming a glass does not release the heat of melting. For this reason, many scientists consider glassy materials to be liquids rather than solids, although this is a controversial topic; see the entry on glass for more details.
Crystalline structures occur in all classes of materials, with all types of chemical bonds. Almost all metal exists in a polycrystalline state; amorphous or single-crystal metals must be produced synthetically, often with great difficulty. Ionically bonded crystals can form upon solidification of salts, either from a molten fluid or when it condenses from a solution. Covalently bonded crystals are also very common, notable examples being diamond, silica, and graphite. Polymer materials generally will form crystalline regions, but the lengths of the molecules usually prevents complete crystallization. Weak Van der Waals forces can also play a role in a crystal structure; for example, this type of bonding loosely holds together the hexagonal-patterned sheets in graphite.
Most crystalline materials have a variety of crystallographic defects. The types and structures of these defects can have a profound effect on the properties of the materials.
While the term "crystal" has a precise meaning within materials science and solid-state physics, colloquially "crystal" refers to solid objects that exhibit well-defined and often pleasing geometric shapes. Various shapes of such crystals are found in nature. The shape of these crystals is dependent on the types of molecular bonds between the atoms to determine the structure, as well as on the conditions under which they formed. Snowflakes, diamonds, and common salt are common examples of crystals.
Some crystalline materials may exhibit special electrical properties such as the ferroelectric effect or the piezoelectric effect.
The behaviour of light in crystals is described by crystal optics. In periodic dielectric structures a range of unique optical properties can be expected as described in photonic crystals.
See also: Crystal structure, crystal habit, crystallite
Other meanings
Crystal is also used in different contexts:
- In a household context, crystal (short for lead crystal) refers to silicate glasses made with lead and alkali oxides. Despite the confusions with its name, lead crystal or any form of glass is an amorphous solid.
- Liquid crystals occupy a conceptual middle ground between the crystalline and the amorphous--they exhibit order in some dimensions, but amorphous-like disorder in others.
- Crystal is also a slang term for methamphetamine.
- There was a 1960s American girl group called The Crystals, best known for songs like "He's a Rebel" and "Then He Kissed Me".
- There is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero named Crystal who was a member of the Inhumans, and a girlfriend at one time of the Human Torch.
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Crystal is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. She was a member of the Inhumans, and a girlfriend at one time of the Human Torch.
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Crystal Eastman, (1881 - 1928) was a lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. Eastman has been one of the United States' most neglected leaders. Although she wrote pioneering legislation and created long-lasting political organizations, she disappeared from history for fifty years.Known for her vigorous spirit and splendid oratory, Eastman sought to extend the contours of women's power and achievements beyond all "preconceived ideas of what was fit or proper or possible." Six feet tall and athletic, she graduated from Vassar College in 1903, received an M.A. in sociology from Columbia University in 1904, and was second in the class of 1907 at New York University Law School.
Social work pioneer and journal editor Paul Kellogg offered Eastman her first job, investigating labor conditions for the Pittsburgh Survey sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation. Her report, Work Accidents and the Law (1910), became a classic (reprinted in 1970) and resulted in the first workers' compensation law, which she drafted while serving on a New York State commission. She never considered workers' compensation a substitute for safe working conditions, however, and continued to campaign for occupational safety and health while working as an investigating attorney for the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations during Woodrow Wilson's presidency.
During a brief marriage, Eastman lived in Milwaukee and managed the unsuccessful 1912 Wisconsin suffrage battle. The experience further radicalized her. When she returned east in 1913 she joined Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and others in founding the militant Congressional Union, which became the National Woman's party. After women won the vote, Eastman and three others wrote the Equal Rights Amendment introduced in 1923. One of the few socialists to endorse the ERA, she warned that protective legislation for women would mean only discrimination against women. Eastman claimed that one could assess the importance of the ERA by the intensity of the opposition to it, but she felt that "this is a fight worth fighting even if it takes ten years."
During World War I Eastman poured her vast energies into the peace movement. She founded the Woman's Peace party and was president of the New York branch. Renamed the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1921, it remains the oldest extant women's peace organization. Eastman also became executive director of the American Union against Militarism, which lobbied against America's entrance into the European war and more successfully against war with Mexico in 1916, sought to remove profiteering from arms manufacturing, and campaigned against conscription and imperial adventures. When the United States entered World War I, Eastman organized the National Civil Liberties Bureau to protect conscientious objectors: "To maintain something over here that will be worth coming back to when the weary war is over." Though never appropriately credited as a founder of the organization, which became the American Civil Liberties Union, she was the attorney in charge.
Eastman had married British poet and antiwar activist Walter Fuller in 1916 with whom she had two children, and worked with him until the end of the war, when he returned to England to find work.
After the war, Eastman organized the First Feminist Congress in 1919; co-owned and edited a radical journal of politics, art, and literature, The Liberator, with her brother Max; and commuted between London, to be with her husband, and New York, where she was blacklisted and thus rendered unemployable during the red scare of 1919-1921. During the 1920s her only paid work was as a columnist for feminist journals, notably Equal Rights and Time and Tide. Until her death in 1928, Crystal Eastman worked for world peace, economic security, and feminism. Aware that "life was a big battle for the complete feminist," she was nevertheless convinced that the complete feminist would someday achieve total victory.
A critical work
Blanche Wiesen Cook, ed., Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution (1978).Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal Eastman."
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Crystal is a town located in Aroostook County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 285.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 104.0 km² (40.2 mi²). 103.9 km² (40.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.07% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 285 people, 112 households, and 89 families residing in the town. The population density is 2.7/km² (7.1/mi²). There are 134 housing units at an average density of 1.3/km² (3.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 112 households out of which 29.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% are married couples living together, 8.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% are non-families. 15.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 2.85. In the town the population is spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,472, and the median income for a family is $28,750. Males have a median income of $30,417 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,338. 8.6% of the population and 6.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.8% are under the age of 18 and 4.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal, Maine."
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Crystal is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 22,698.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.2 km² (5.9 mi²). 15.0 km² (5.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.53% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 22,698 people, 9,389 households, and 6,102 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,516.2/km² (3,929.3/mi²). There are 9,481 housing units at an average density of 633.3/km² (1,641.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 88.34% White, 4.20% African American, 0.59% Native American, 3.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.03% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. 2.51% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 9,389 households out of which 28.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% are non-families. 27.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $48,736, and the median income for a family is $54,738. Males have a median income of $39,494 versus $29,673 for females. The per capita income for the city is $23,163. 4.4% of the population and 2.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.7% are under the age of 18 and 3.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal, Minnesota."
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Crystal is a town located in New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 347.Geography
Crystal is located at 36°1'48" North, 108°59'12" West (36.030056, -108.986649)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.4 km² (4.4 mi²). 11.4 km² (4.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.45% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 347 people, 100 households, and 77 families residing in the town. The population density is 30.4/km² (78.9/mi²). There are 113 housing units at an average density of 9.9/km² (25.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 1.73% White, 0.00% African American, 97.98% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races. 2.59% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 100 households out of which 41.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% are married couples living together, 27.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% are non-families. 21.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.47 and the average family size is 4.10. In the town the population is spread out with 38.0% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 27 years. For every 100 females there are 74.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $24,722, and the median income for a family is $13,906. Males have a median income of $31,023 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $7,002. 54.1% of the population and 54.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 63.8% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal, New Mexico."
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Crystal is a city located in Pembina County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 167.Geography
Crystal is located at 48°35'48" North, 97°40'14" West (48.596754, -97.670581)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 167 people, 76 households, and 45 families residing in the city. The population density is 99.2/km² (256.0/mi²). There are 92 housing units at an average density of 54.6/km² (141.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.41% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.59% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 6.59% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 76 households out of which 25.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% are married couples living together, 7.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% are non-families. 36.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.20 and the average family size is 2.91. In the city the population is spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $28,571, and the median income for a family is $32,500. Males have a median income of $35,417 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,291. 5.7% of the population and 2.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.2% are under the age of 18 and 4.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal, North Dakota."
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Crystal is a town located in Washburn County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 323.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.4 km² (35.7 mi²). 90.8 km² (35.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.74% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 323 people, 117 households, and 87 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.6/km² (9.2/mi²). There are 184 housing units at an average density of 2.0/km² (5.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.76% White, 0.00% African American, 0.93% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.31% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 117 households out of which 29.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.2% are married couples living together, 7.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% are non-families. 19.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.76 and the average family size is 3.25. In the town the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 109.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $25,000, and the median income for a family is $31,458. Males have a median income of $19,643 versus $16,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,706. 9.0% of the population and 5.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.5% are under the age of 18 and 10.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystal, Wisconsin."
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First of the Gemstone line of Pokémon games released. Special version for Gold and Silver. The game features Suicune one of the Legendary trio of Beasts: Raikou, Entei and Suicune the Gold/Silver counterparts to Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pokmon Crystal."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
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| CR | English | Crystal | Industry, Mining |
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Synonyms: CrystalSynonyms: lechatelierite (n), quartz (n), quartz glass (n), vitreous silica (n), watch crystal (n), watch glass (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cold | Ice; snow, snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift; sleet; hail, hailstone; rime, frost; hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost; barf; glaze, lolly; icicle, thick-ribbed ice; fall of snow, heavy fall; iceberg, icefloe; floe berg; glacier; nev_e, serac; pruina. |
Hardness | Stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement. |
Oil | Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate |
Oracle | Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter. |
Prediction | Noun: prediction, announcement; program, programme; (plan); premonition; (warning); prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration; augury, auguration; ariolation, hariolation; foreboding, aboding; bodement, abodement; omniation, omniousness; auspices, forecast; omen; horoscope, nativity; sooth, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy. |
Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice, | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You're out of the crystal balls (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Wow that's real crystal! Put it in your purse (Home Alone; writing credit: John Hughes) Mystic crystal let it shine, spikes just like a porcupine (I Love You to Death; writing credit: John Kostmayer) Hi Crystal. How's business (Angel; writing credit: Joseph Michael Cala; Robert Vincent O'Neill) I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal. (Anne of Green Gables; writing credit: Lucy Maud Montgomery; Kevin Sullivan) | |
Lyrics | We're like crystal, it's not easy (Crystal; performing artist: New Order) Her weapons were her crystal eyes (Venus; performing artist: Bananarama) Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife (I Go To Extremes; performing artist: Billy Joel) You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, (UP AROUND THE BEND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) The first crystal tears, fall as snowflakes on your body (A View to a Kill; performing artist: Duran Duran) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Crystal Voyager (1972) The Crystal Brawl (1957) Crystal Ballet (1937) The Crystal Cup (1927) Crystal Gazer Luke (1916) | |
Song Titles | Crystal (performing artist: New Order) Crystal Blue Persuasion (performing artist: Tommy James and the Shondells) | |
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 | A crystal of the drug, 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddi), is shown. The antiviral activity of ddi against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) was identified at the National Cancer Institute in 1985. Credit: Dr. Hiroaki Mitsuya, Larry Otsby (photographer). |  | Gram-stain technique, which employs crystal violet as the primary stain, imparts a purplish-brown color to bacteria that stain Gram-positive. Those that stain with the pink-red fuchsin counterstain are said to stain Gram-negative. Credit: CDC. |
 | Crystal clear glacial ice. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A crystal clear day from near the San Juan Islands Mount Baker visible in the distance. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | CTD rosette visible in crystal clear waters. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Airman 1st Class Crystal Pye. |
 | Crystal Poindexter and Mike Gracz identify plant species for an inventory on Native Alaska lands near Homer, AK. [Slide 97CS2946]. Credit: Ron Nichols. |  | Big Spring in southern Missouri paints a picture of the birth of a crystal clear stream. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Crystal Poindexter and Mike Gracz identify plant species for an inventory on Native Alaska lands near Homer, AK. Credit: USDA. |  | Mineral Quartz Crystal. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Crystal Lake" by Kevin Autrey Commentary: "A small lake near Traverse City, Michigan." | "Crystal mountain" by Markus . Commentary: "Foam material." |
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 | Crystal glasses clinking. |
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Buckingham | Making my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart doth hold. |
Robert Browning | What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Even ice begins with delicate crystal leaves, as if it had flowed into moulds which the fronds of waterplants have impressed on the watery mirror |
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Health | These drugs control the amount of acid or alkali in the urine, key factors in crystal formation. (references) | |
The deposits, which are called urate crystal formation, are caused by increased levels of uric acid in the urine. (references) | ||
In the 1980's, "ice," a smokable form of methamphetamine, came into use. Ice is a large, usually clear crystal of high purity that is smoked in a glass pipe like crack cocaine. (references) | ||
Business | Fashion accessories such as necklaces, bracelets and hair pins are made with Swarovski crystal beads. (references) | |
Currently, crystal items either for decorative purposes or as fashion accessories, appear to be very popular. (references) | ||
Swarovski crystal from Austria is doing well in the market and can be found in department stores as well as in their own independent retail shops. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | Charles Crystal, Du Pont, Cyanamid, Burlington Chemicals, Gaf Corp., Pennwalt, etc. (references) |
Japan | Kyushu's regional dynamism lies in the development of its services sector and high-tech industries, including the production of semiconductors and liquid crystal display panels. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | On the continent, Rio Muni covers 26,003 square kilometers (10,040 sq. mi.). The coastal plain gives way to a succession of valleys separated by low hills and spurs of the Crystal Mountains. (references) | |
Trade | Bahamas | Higher stamp taxes are charged on some duty free goods, including tourist items such as china, crystal, wristwatches, clocks, jewelry, table linens, leather goods, perfume, wine and liquor. (references) |
Thailand | In addition to import duties handled by the Customs Department, certain import items are also subject to excise tax . These include gasoline and products thereof, automobiles (less than 10 seats), electrical appliances, beverages, perfume, yachts and vessels for entertainment, lead crystal and other crystals, carpets and woven fur items, motorcycles, batteries, marble and granite, liquor, tobacco, and playing cards . It is worth mentioning that an excise tax is also imposed on local products in the same categories as well as on certain entertainment service providers such as horse racing grounds/clubs and golf clubs. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | Coffee and tea will be served in real china cups and juice or water in glass or crystal - never plastic or Styrofoam. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Joe Viterelli | Well, the most funniest thing about doing the Analyze movies is that you never know what Billy Crystal is going to say. |
Mark Shields | Bob, contrary to the defensiveness of some church leaders, Archbishop Flynn was crystal clear and emphatic. He praised the media for bringing this scandal, this crisis in the Church to public light and forcing the Church to act upon it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Crystal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.36% of the time. "Crystal" is used about 1,854 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 63.36% | 1,175 | 6,571 |
| Noun (proper) | 36.64% | 679 | 9,730 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,854 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "crystal" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crystal | First name Female | 207,000 | 102 |
| Crystal | Last name | 1,000 | 14,943 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Crystal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the crystal", "the ice". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "crystal". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Christal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Chrystal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Cristal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Crystal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Kristal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Kristel | Female | English | The crystal |
| Krystal | Female | English | The crystal |
| Krystle | Female | English | The crystal |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Crystal." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Christal | Female | English | Crystal |
| Chrystal | Female | English | Crystal |
| Cristal | Female | English | Crystal |
| Crystal | Female | English | N/A |
| Kristal | Female | English | Crystal |
| Kristel | Female | English | Crystal |
| Krystal | Female | English | Crystal |
| Krystle | Female | English | Crystal |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | American Crystal Sugar Company |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Crystal, MI 2. Crystal, MN (city, FIPS 14158) 3. Crystal, ND (city, FIPS 17060) |
Expressions using "crystal": Blood crystal ♦ by crystal gazing ♦ Compound crystal ♦ crystal ageing ♦ crystal aging ♦ crystal alum ♦ crystal analysis ♦ crystal ball ♦ crystal Beach ♦ Crystal Cap ♦ crystal City ♦ crystal clear ♦ crystal controlled oscillator ♦ crystal counter ♦ crystal defect ♦ crystal detector ♦ crystal facets ♦ crystal Falls ♦ crystal gazing ♦ crystal glass ♦ Crystal healing ♦ crystal Hill ♦ crystal ice ♦ crystal joints ♦ crystal Lake ♦ crystal Lake Park ♦ crystal Lakes ♦ crystal lattice ♦ crystal Lawns ♦ crystal microphone ♦ crystal mixer ♦ crystal oscillator ♦ crystal oven ♦ crystal pickup ♦ crystal planes ♦ crystal protein ♦ crystal rectifier ♦ crystal River ♦ crystal set ♦ crystal Spring ♦ crystal Springs ♦ crystal tea ♦ Crystal Therapeutics ♦ crystal violet ♦ ice crystal ♦ ice crystal cloud ♦ Iceland crystal ♦ ionic crystal ♦ Lake Crystal ♦ lead crystal device ♦ liquid crystal ♦ liquid crystal display ♦ mineral crystal ♦ mountain crystal ♦ negative crystal ♦ optic axis of a crystal ♦ piezoelectric crystal ♦ protein crystal ♦ Pseudomorphous crystal ♦ quartz crystal ♦ quartz crystal controlled oscillator ♦ replaced crystal ♦ rhomboidal crystal ♦ rock crystal ♦ secondary crystal ♦ seed crystal ♦ translucent crystal ♦ twin crystal ♦ twinned crystal ♦ watch crystal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crystal": crystal-appointed, crystal-ball, crystal-based, crystal-blue, crystal-clear, crystal-coated, crystal-controlled, crystal-free, crystal-gazing, crystal-grower, crystal-like, crystal-melt, crystal-stemmed, crystal-studded, crystal-surface, crystal-wielding, crystal-wireless. | |
Ending with "crystal": liquid-crystal, rock-crystal, single-crystal. | |
Containing "crystal": Incline Village-Crystal Bay, quartz-crystal-based. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
crystal | 5,497 | crystal storm | 278 |
crystal report | 2,224 | swarovski crystal bead | 269 |
waterford crystal | 2,220 | pokemon crystal walk through | 269 |
crystal jewelry | 1,825 | fine crystal | 262 |
crystal ball | 1,670 | baccarat crystal | 261 |
pokemon crystal | 1,108 | crystal decision | 260 |
swarovski crystal | 889 | crystal water | 260 |
crystal cruise | 859 | crystal cathedral | 260 |
cheat crystal pokemon | 857 | crystal beach | 250 |
crystal river florida | 707 | quartz crystal | 247 |
crystal lake illinois | 697 | chronicle crystal fantasy final | 245 |
crystal chandelier | 470 | crystal lewis | 244 |
crystal knight | 457 | crystal lake | 237 |
liquid crystal | 412 | pokemon crystal rom | 228 |
pokemon crystal game shark cheat | 385 | beach crystal texas | 227 |
crystal monitor product | 365 | crystal gun | 224 |
crystal bead | 342 | crystal site story | 220 |
crystal palace | 332 | austrian crystal | 216 |
crystal springs | 307 | seagate crystal report | 215 |
crystal bernard | 300 | the crystal cave | 213 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "crystal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | kristal. (various references) | |
Albanian | xham sahati, shumë i pastër, kristal kuarci, kristal (cut glass), i kulluar (crystalline, liquid, lucent, lucid, pellucid), i kristaltë (crystalline), enë kristali. (various references) | |
Arabic | شفاف (clear, diaphanous, filmy, gauze, gauzy, gossamery, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see through, transparent), بلوري (crystalline), بلور (clarify, crystallize). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), стъкло на часовник (watch-crystal), стъкло (glass, plate), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), кристални изделия (crystalware), кристален (crystalline, limpid), кристал (rhinestone), кварцов кристал, кварц (quartz, silica), бистър (clear, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucid, pellucid, robust, translucent), прозрачен (bright, clear, crystalline, diaphanous, gau |
