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Definition of Ice crystal
1. Noun. Small crystals of ice.
Group relationships: Downfall, Precipitation
Terms within: H2o, Water
Generic synonyms: Crystal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ice Crystal
Literary usage of Ice crystal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Geology for Use in Universities: Colleges, Schools of Science by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1920)
"101, illustrating the molecular structure, is as firm and solid an ice crystal
as before. This slipping can take place between any layer of molecules in a ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"These results seemed to render it highly probable that an ice crystal was not in
any way plastic, and though, after the winter was over, we wished that we ..."
3. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"At the same time Tg drops from 273° to 269°K, which also leads to an additional
increase in viscosity at the time of formation of the ice crystal nuclei. ..."
4. Ice Formation: With Special Reference to Anchor-ice and Frazil by Howard Turner Barnes (1906)
"In any case, it is impossible to conceive of an ice-crystal forming, ... If the
cold of the air-bubble forms the ice-crystal, why should the crystal not ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"It is an Interesting question, whether this more or less distinct colored zone
encircling the sun ¡sa true ice-crystal halo, or a diffraction ..."
6. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"163, a ray of light in the principal plane, and also most rays out of it, will
pass through an ice crystal between faces whose inclination is not greater ..."
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