crystallinity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English crystalline

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English crystallinity

From crystalline + -ity.

Noun

crystallinity (countable and uncountable, plural crystallinities)

1. The condition or degree of being crystalline.

   Synonym: crystallineness

   the crystallinity of a polymer or of a rock

Derived terms

• macrocrystallinity
• microcrystallinity
• nanocrystallinity
• paracrystallinity