The process by which atoms or molecules arrange themselves into a solid crystalline structure with a repeating geometric pattern.
From crystallise + -ation (noun suffix for processes). The British spelling variant of crystallization, both deriving from Latin crystallum, entered English in the 1600s.
Crystallisation is why frost forms those delicate fern-like patterns on windows—water molecules are literally dancing into perfect geometric arrangements as temperature drops.
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