crystallization

noun4

1. •
   The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. •
   The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
3. •
   The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

   • Bernstein's theories could never have had such an earth-shaking effect if they had not been a crystallization of ideas which were already in the air. — 1978
4. •
   The body formed by crystallizing.

   • Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.