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81crystalline tract — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In beetles with exocone eyes, a strand formed by the Semper cells across the clear zone to the rhabdon. 2. In skipper butterflies and some ditrysian moths (Bombycoidea), a strand formed by the retinula cells …
82crystalline lens — Anat. a doubly convex, transparent body in the eye, situated behind the iris, that focuses incident light on the retina. See diag. under eye. [1785 95] * * * …
83crystalline birefringence — birefringence occurring in systems in which the bonds between molecules or ions have a regular asymmetrical arrangement; it is independent of the refractive index of the medium …
84crystalline capsule — capsula lentis …
85crystalline humor — see under lens …
86crystalline fracture — a type of fracture that appears bright and glittering, it having formed along the cleavage planes of the individual crystals. Normally an indication that brittle fracture has occurred …
87Crystalline fully refined wax — A light colored paraffin wax having the following characteristics: • viscosity at 210 degrees Fahrenheit (D88) 59.9 SUS (10.18 centistokes) maximum; • oil content (D721) 0.5 percent maximum; • other +20 color, Saybolt minimum. U.S. Dept …
88Crystalline other wax — A paraffin wax having the following characteristics: viscosity at 210 deg. F(D88) 59.9 SUS (10.18centistokes) maximum; oil content (D721) 0.51 percent minimum to 15 percent maximum. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration… …
89crystalline lens — noun the lens of the eye …
90crystalline lens — crys′talline lens′ n. oph lens 4) • Etymology: 1785–95 …