けっしょうしつ
noun
crystalline; crystalline substance
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(けっしょうしつ)鉱物(こうぶつ)
a crystalline mineral.
この岩石(がんせき)結晶質(けっしょうしつ)である。
This rock is crystalline.
ガラスは()結晶質(けっしょうしつ)で、原子(げんし)規則(きそく)(ただ)しく(なら)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(ひけっしょうしつ) means 'amorphous, non-crystalline.'

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 結晶質(けっしょうしつ)岩石(がんせき): crystalline rock
  • 結晶質(けっしょうしつ)構造(こうぞう): crystalline structure
  • 非結晶質(ひけっしょうしつ): amorphous; non-crystalline

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 結晶(けっしょう): crystal — a single crystal or the act of crystallizing
  • 非晶質(ひしょうしつ): amorphous — the technical antonym, lacking ordered structure