crystalline Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- granite is crystalline
adjective satellite distinctly or sharply outlined
- crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan
adjective satellite transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
crystal clear; lucid; limpid; pellucid; transparent.
- the cold crystalline water of melted snow
- crystal clear skies
- could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
- lucid air
- a pellucid brook
- transparent crystal

L. crystallinus, from Gr. : cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal.

Consisting, or made, of crystal.
Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak.
Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.
Their crystalline structure. Whewell.
Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectlly crystallized.
Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. "The crystalline sky." Milton.