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Definition of: crystalline
(kris′tə·lin, -lēn) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or like crystal or crystals: distinguished from clastic.
2. Transparent; pure; pellucid: the crystalline lens of the eye.
—noun A crystallized or partly crystallized substance. [<F cristallin <L crystallinus <Gk. krystallinos <krystallos. See CRYSTAL.]
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