hypercrystalline

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ crystalline.

Adjective

hypercrystalline (not comparable)

1. Having a high level of crystals.
   • 1902, Geological Survey (U.S.), Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey‎^[1], Superintendent of Documents, pages 75-76:

     The groundmass exhibits almost no evidence of flow structure. This is in distinct contrast to the conspicuous flow structure shown by the hypercrystalline groundmasses of the dacites at all the other localities in the region with the partial exception of O'Leary Peak.

   • 1955, Royal Society of New South Wales, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales‎^[2], Royal Society of New South Wales, page 217:

     In the hypercrystalline varieties the glass has partly devitrified to give spherulites. In the holocrystalline varieties an “ alteration ” occurs along flow lines as localised patches which may link together leaving the unaltered material as clear spots. This gives the rock a maculose appearance.

   • 2018, Florentin Smarandache, Victor Christianto, From Hilbert to Dilbert‎^[3], Divine Publishing, page 58:

     There is also a known suggestion that the vacua consist of hypercrystalline: classical spacetime coordinate and fields are parameters of coherent states [19].

Antonyms

• hypocrystalline