 ##  [Crystallization](/index.php/crystallization) 

  ##  [Crystallization](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/crystallization-0) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

The nucleation and growth process by which an ordered, periodic solid phase (a crystal) forms from a supersaturated or supercooled parent phase (solution, melt, or vapor), producing a material with a long-range lattice order distinct from amorphous solids.