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procrystalline

procrystalline adjective: that will convert to a crystalline form.

Adjective

procrystalline (not comparable)

  1. That will convert to a crystalline form
    • This property of procrystalline solids suggests a mechanism by which strongly-correlated topological disorder might allow new and useful functionalities, including independently-optimised thermal and electronic transport behaviour as required for high-performance thermoelectrics..2015, Alistair R. Overy, Andrew B. Cairns, Matthew J. Cliffe, Matthew G. Tucker, Andrew L. Goodwin, “Design of crystal-like aperiodic solids with selective disorder--phonon coupling”, in arXiv

Origin of procrystalline

From pro- + crystalline.

Questions about procrystalline

What does procrystalline mean?
Procrystalline means that will convert to a crystalline form.
What part of speech is procrystalline?
Procrystalline is an adjective.

Words near procrystalline in the dictionary

  1. procrusteanly
  2. Procrustes
  3. Procrustesian
  4. procryptic
  5. procryptically
  6. procrystalline
  7. procs
  8. proct-
  9. proctal
  10. proctalgia
  11. proctectomies

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