crystallite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crystallite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crystallite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crystallite n any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See {Crystal}.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called {trichites}, {belonites}, {globulites}, etc.