Crystal_(disambiguation)

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Crystal may refer to:

Physical science

• Crystal, in chemistry and mineralogy, a form of matter wherein its molecules are regularly aggregated in a definite internal crystal structure, with the external form of a solid of symmetrically arranged plane faces.
• Photonic crystals or phononic crystals: in analogy with atomic crystals, regular arrangements of optical or elastic materials, respectively.
• Liquid crystal, in physical chemistry, a turbid liquid with some internal structure like an ordinary crystal, that exhibits double refraction.

Technology

• In electronics, a crystal is a crystalline piece of a semiconductor used in a device, such as a crystal radio receiver, for its properties of electrical conduction.
• Crystal oscillator, in electronics, a device, often used in timekeeping, as in a quartz clock, and in radio transmission, which produces an alternating electric current stabilized by the mechanical resonance of a piezoelectric crystal, usually quartz.
• Lead crystal or crystal-glass, a form of glass with a high degree of transparency that usually consists of a high proportion of lead oxide.

Art

• A piece of rock-crystal (or similar material) used especially in magic art, such as crystal gazing.

Proper name

• Billy Crystal, an American comedian and actor
• David Crystal, a British linguist and author

Popular culture

• Slang for crystalline methamphetamine.
• Crystal Healing, belief in healing or metaphysical power of crystals
• Crystal (comics), superhero in the fictional Marvel Comics universe
• Crystal (song), record released by British band New Order in 2001
• The Crystals, popular American "girl group" of the 1960s, best known for songs like He\'s a Rebel and Uptown

Computer software

• CRYSTAL, software program used in solid-state chemistry and physics
• Crystal Clear (software development)
• Crystal Icons by Everaldo Coelho
• Crystal Reports, commercial computer software product for creating reports about databases
• Crystal Space, framework for developing 3D applications written in C++
• Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon game

Structures

• Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California, USA
• Crystal Palace (disambiguation)
  • The Crystal Palace, London
• Crystal Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA

Food and drink

• Crystal Hot Sauce, brand of hot sauce
• Crystal Light, brand of soft drink

Companies and organizations

• Crystal Cruises, subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kaisha
• Crystal Ski[1], Britain\'s largest UK ski operator

Places

• Crystal, Maine
• Crystal, Minnesota
• Crystal, New Mexico
• Crystal, North Dakota
• Crystal, Nevada
• Crystal Lake (disambiguation)
• Crystal Township, Oceana County, Michigan
• Crystal Township, Montcalm County, Michigan

Ships

• Crystal, a steamboat that operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.

See also

• Chrystal (disambiguation)
• Cristal (disambiguation)
• Kristol (disambiguation)
• Krystal (disambiguation)

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