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crystallo-
a combining form meaning “crystal,” used in the formation of compound words.
crystallography.
crystallo-
combining form
crystal
crystallography
Word History and Origins
Origin of crystallo-1
Example Sentences
The grand opening was scheduled to feature Victoria Keddie’s “Electrona in Crystallo Fluenti,” what Mohr describes as a cosmic conversation with space debris in orbit.
“Electrona in Crystallo Fluenti” is the first of a series of events and performances planned for the church’s sanctuary and the new community space.
In Crystallo Fluenti, signal interactions with these objects are synchronized in real-time, expressed by sound and projected images.
It was taken five years previously by the English crystallo- grapher W. T. Astbury, and could be used to start us off.
Cryo-EM has usurped X-ray crystallography in the past three years because it doesn’t require proteins to be crystallized first, allowing researchers to analyse many more molecules.
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When To Use
Crystallo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “crystal.” It is used in some scientific terms, especially in geology and mineralogy.Crystallo- comes from the Greek ýٲDz, meaning “clear ice, rock crystal,” source of the word crystal, as you may have guessed.But did you guess the following? The Greek ýٲDz is related to ýDz, meaning “ice cold” or “frost” and source of the combining form cryo-. Learn more in our Words That Use cryo- article. are variants of crystallo-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, crystallo- becomes crystall-, as in crystallize.When combined with word elements that come from Latin, crystallo- occasionally becomes crystalli-, as in crystalliferous.
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