Charles McCarry

I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I must be. The writers I've admired have been not so very different from myself: Evelyn Waugh, for example, that kind of crystalline prose. And I've always admired W. Somerset Maugham more than any other writer.

American Writer

Michelle Huneven

For many years now, my source for salvific chicken soup has been the Sanamluang Cafe on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Kingsley Drive: crystalline broth, flecks of fried garlic, and a moist, steamed bird nesting on thick rice noodles and bean sprouts has stanched many a misery.

American Novelist

Giulio Natta

If the polymer chain assumes a helicoidal conformation in the crystalline state, and if it does not contain asymmetric carbon atoms, it can be expected that either helices of the same sense, or, in equal ratio, helices of opposite sense are represented in the lattice.

Italian Scientist

Douglas Coupland

When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one you speak with. I think your writing voice is your laser-guided missile. It's the poetry part of you.

Canadian Author

Alfredo Di Stefano

Kubala was one of the best there has ever been. His game was pure, crystalline, a real joy for the fans. What I remember is his spirit of comradeship, the loyalty he showed as a friend.

Argentinian Footballer

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

In its pure crystalline form, MSG can be added to soups, stews, sauces, and stocks to add a rounded, savory flavor.

American Chef

Carl Hiaasen

They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.

Jim Peebles

Science does not emerge in some perfect, complete crystalline form.

Canadian Scientist

Use 'crystalline' to describe something transparent and free from any cloudiness or distortions.

Visual Clarity

'Crystalline' often implies purity or perfection of the object being described.

Pure Quality

'Crystalline' can be used metaphorically to describe clarity in abstract concepts.

Metaphoric Use

In geology, use 'crystalline' specifically for rocks or minerals with a clear crystal structure.

Geological Context

Remember not all rocks are crystalline, so use this term when you're certain of the structure.

Not All Rocks

Crystalline objects often have visible individual crystals you can identify.

Visible Crystals

Use 'crystalline' when emphasizing the clarity and comprehensiveness of spoken or written communication.

Clear Communication

Use 'crystalline' to describe art forms, such as music or writing, that are delivered with exceptional clarity.

Artistic Expression

'Crystalline' can imply that someone's voice or tone is not only clear, but also beautiful and pure.

Eloquent Speech

 on another planetary surface. Now we have drilled before with human beings on the surface of the moon. Anyway what we are seeing here in the video is what we call x-ray florescence. We are actually shooting x-rays through the rocks, we agitate them and we can see how the actual chemicals are held together. What is the crystalline structure and that actually tells us a lot

The Curious Life of a...

 A marble statue could wave its hand at us; the atoms that make up its crystalline structure are all vibrating back and forth anyway. Because there are so many of them, and because there's no agreement among them in their preferred direction of movement, the marble, as we see it in Middle World, stays rock steady.

Why the universe seems...

 These elements shifted around a nested set of solid crystalline spheres. Each of the wandering stars, the planets, had their own crystal sphere. The rest of the universe and all of its stars were on the last crystal sphere. If you watch the sky change over time, you could see that this idea worked fine

Is there a center of the...

 crystalline compound. Let us try it. And I said, first of all, let me do the calculation on that compound, bottom right, which is related to coumarin, but has an extra pentagon inserted into the molecule. Calculate the vibrations, the purple spectrum is that new fellow, the white one is the old one.

Luca Turin: The science...

 most crystals have the potential to form multiple geometric shapes. For example, diamonds, which form deep in the Earth’s mantle, have a cubic crystalline structure and can grow into either cubes or octahedrons. Which shape a particular diamond grows into depends on the conditions where it grows,

How do crystals work? -...

 they soften significantly, and can be deformed into any shape you like. Cool them back down, and they regain the strength. So where do all of these wondrous attributes come from? In essence, they have to do with metallic glass' unique atomic structure. Most metals are crystalline as solids.

What is metallic glass?...

 but for me, as often as I'd encountered that exact difficulty on a daily basis, I had never seen the inherent challenge of communication in so crystalline a light. Ever since I can remember thinking consciously about such things, communication has been my central passion.

Chris Bliss: Comedy is...

 crystalline silicon is sandwiched between conductive layers. Each silicon atom is connected to its neighbors by four strong bonds, which keep the electrons in place so no current can flow. Here's the a silicon solar cell uses two different layers of silicon.

How do solar panels...

 It all begins in the Earth's crust, where the two most common elements are silicon and oxygen. These react together to form silicon dioxide, whose molecules arrange themselves into a regular crystalline form known as quartz. Quartz is commonly found in sand,

Why is glass transparent?...

 unique traffic cross link semi crystalline structure so when heated keratin in the feathers opens up these hollow tubes which absorbs some gases even better than the world-famous carbon nanotubes for metal hybrids so if carbonized chicken feathers should