Crystallizable. World English Historical Dictionary

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a. [f. CRYSTALLIZE + -ABLE; cf. F. cristallisable.] Capable of being formed into or of forming crystals.

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1781.  J. T. Dillon, Trav. Spain, 235. Alum is a crystallizable salt.

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1839.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 405/2. A peculiarly crystallisable compound.

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1869.  Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 149. All crystallizable substances (called crystalloids) can pass in solution through the parchment paper.

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  Hence Crystallizability.

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1854.  J. Pereira, Lect. Polar Light (ed. 2), 276. When … subjected to heat … it loses its crystallizability.

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1875.  Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 125. The ready crystallisability of alum.

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