krystaliczne

Krystaliczne is an adjective form in Polish derived from krystaliczny, meaning relating to or composed of crystals. It is used to describe substances, structures, or properties that exhibit a crystalline arrangement of atoms, characterized by long-range order and a repeating pattern. In mineralogy, materials science, and crystallography, krystaliczne is used to distinguish crystals or crystalline materials from amorphous, glassy substances that lack such order.

In crystallography and solid-state physics, crystalline materials have a well-defined crystal lattice, symmetry, and a repeating unit cell. They often show anisotropic properties, meaning physical characteristics vary with direction, and they produce sharp diffraction patterns when irradiated with X-rays. Common examples of krystaliczne substances include salts, metals, minerals, and many polymers or pharmaceutical compounds.

In Polish grammar, krystaliczny is the masculine singular form, krystaliczna is feminine singular, and krystaliczne is neuter singular as well as the plural form used with many nouns (for example, struktury krystaliczne or substancje krystaliczne). The term appears in phrases such as ciało krystaliczne (a crystalline body) or struktury krystaliczne (crystal structures), reflecting its role in both scientific description and linguistic agreement.