Word.ws English Dictionary

positive crystals

positive crystals is the plural of positive crystal.

Meaning of positive crystal

Noun

positive crystal (plural positive crystals)

  1. A doubly refracting crystal in which the index of refraction for the extraordinary ray is greater than for the ordinary ray, and the former is refracted nearer to the axis than the latter, such as quartz and ice; as opposed to negative crystal: one in which this characteristic is reversed, such as Iceland spar or tourmaline.

Questions about positive crystals

What is positive crystals the plural of?
Positive crystals is the plural of positive crystal.

Words near positive crystals in the dictionary

  1. positive atheists
  2. positive column
  3. positive columns
  4. positive control
  5. positive crystal
  6. positive crystals
  7. positive definite
  8. positive degree
  9. positive discrimination
  10. positive displacement pump
  11. positive displacement pumps

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: positive crystals (page history and authors); positive crystal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “positive crystals.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/positive_crystals. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.