crystallization

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. (countable, uncountable)The body formed by crystallizing.

   “Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
4. (countable, uncountable)The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.