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A '''crystal''' or crystalline solid is a solid [[material]], whose constituent [[atoms]], [[molecule]]s, The process of forming a crystalline [[structure]] from a fluid or from materials dissolved in the fluid is ofte

...nd to each other, either in a regular [[geometric]] [[lattice]] ([[Crystal|crystalline]] solids, which include metals and ordinary water ice) or irregularly (an a

...lent interpretations, the ''magnetic'' one ("up" or "down" spins) or the ''lattice-gas'' interpretation ("occupied" or "unoccupied" sites) of a prominent bina ...other points, unless those points are displaced by an amount equal to some lattice spacing.

...t upon crystals which are the momentary freezing of materials in miniscule lattice-works of atoms and molecules; and the depths of this usage has not even be .... A quartz crystal is just sitting there. The fact it is stabilized in its crystalline form means it is relatively inactive until you get down to the molecular le

...an iron because its atoms are bound together in a more rigid [[crystalline lattice]]; wood burns or undergoes rapid [[oxidation]] because it can react spontan ...arged [[anions]] (e.g. [[chloride]] Cl⁻) can form a crystalline lattice of neutral [[salt]]s (e.g. [[sodium chloride]] NaCl). Examples of [[polyato