a. [f. CRYSTALLIZE + -ABLE; cf. F. cristallisable.] Capable of being formed into or of forming crystals.
1781. J. T. Dillon, Trav. Spain, 235. Alum is a crystallizable salt.
1839. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 405/2. A peculiarly crystallisable compound.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 149. All crystallizable substances (called crystalloids) can pass in solution through the parchment paper.
Hence Crystallizability.
1854. J. Pereira, Lect. Polar Light (ed. 2), 276. When … subjected to heat … it loses its crystallizability.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 125. The ready crystallisability of alum.
