Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To subject (a substance) to repeated crystallization.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
crystallize again; especially as a means ofpurification .
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Examples
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With no time for the liquid sucrose to recrystallize, it freezes into threads of sweet, edible glass.
Volcanic ash and cotton candy share molecular characteristics with glass Ivan Amato 2010
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When chocolate goes all wrong, it is usually a failure of the melted and cooled chocolate to recrystallize into the β (V) state.
The Physics of Chocolate Julianne 2008
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This is metaphorically similar to the way certain liquid solutions can quickly crystallize, dissolve back into liquid, and then recrystallize based on external influences.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Evolving a Mob: Wireless Communities of Practice 2003
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After the goals have been achieved, during which participants have gained expertise in their particular domains, the group can dissolve back into a smart mob and be ready to rapidly recrystallize whenever new goals are introduced.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Evolving a Mob: Wireless Communities of Practice 2003
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Basically, a process called metamorphism caused the basalts in Shenandoah to recrystallize with new minerals, such as chlorite, epidote, and albite, which help give the rocks their greenish hue.
The Killing Hour Gardner, Lisa 2003
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I never had any recrystallize after once having been treated to the water bath; and the flavor of the honey was in no way injured.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various
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In the latter case anamorphism is necessary to recrystallize the carbon into the form of graphite.
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And even after being reduced to powder, and running the gauntlet of every process in the chemical laboratory, the moment the substance is left to itself under possible conditions it will proceed to recrystallize anew.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874
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Frozen BSA was heated to partially melt at the different hold temperatures and then cooled to recrystallize.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jos? R. Verd? et al. 2010
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Figure 7.21 During hot working, the elongated anisotropic grains immediately recrystallize.
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