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Webster 1913 Edition


Cryptocrystalline

Crypˊto-crys′tal-line

(-kr?s′tal-l?n)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
κρυπτόσ
hidden + E.
crystalline
.]
(Geol.)
Indistinctly crystalline; – applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.

Definition 2024


cryptocrystalline

cryptocrystalline

English

Adjective

cryptocrystalline (not comparable)

  1. (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

Translations

Noun

cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)

  1. (petrology) A rock of this kind.