Meaning & Definition of Crystalline in English

1. Consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals

• "Granite is crystalline"

2. Distinctly or sharply outlined

• "Crystalline sharpness of outline"- john buchan

3. Transmitting light

• Able to be seen through with clarity

• "The cold crystalline water of melted snow"

• "Crystal clear skies"

• "Could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"

• "Lucid air"

• "A pellucid brook"

• "Transparent crystal"