1.
crystalline substance; crystalline quality
Matter whose atoms are arranged in a regular, repeating lattice, or the property of being so arranged. Contrasts with amorphous (non-crystalline) material such as glass. Often used attributively with の.
結晶質の鉱物。
a crystalline mineral.
この岩石は結晶質である。
This rock is crystalline.
ガラスは非結晶質で、原子が規則正しく並んでいない。
Glass is non-crystalline; its atoms are not arranged in a regular pattern.
A term from chemistry, mineralogy, and materials science. The form 非結晶質 means 'amorphous, non-crystalline.'
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 結晶質の岩石: crystalline rock
- 結晶質の構造: crystalline structure
- 非結晶質: amorphous; non-crystalline
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 結晶: crystal — a single crystal or the act of crystallizing
- 非晶質: amorphous — the technical antonym, lacking ordered structure