| 释义 |
crystalloˈgenesis
[f. crystallo- + Gr. γένεσις birth, origination.]
The origination or natural formation of crystals (as a department of scientific investigation). So crystalloˈgenic a. [see -gen, -genic], crystal-forming, producing crystallization. crystalloˈgenical a., relating to the formation of crystals. crystaˈllogeny |-ˈlɒdʒɪnɪ|, the production or formation of crystals (scientifically considered).
1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 161 A key to the important subject of crystallogenesis. 1837Dana Min. (1844) 71 What is this crystallogenic attraction? Ibid. 71 Crystallogeny or the formation of crystals may be treated under two heads. 1881Nature XXIII. 398 Between these two kinds of crystallogenic action there are many gradations. |