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Crystal Dream 2 — is a PC demo by the demogroup Triton. It was released in 1993 at The Computer Crossroads demo party where it ranked 1st. Crystal Dream 2 is often considered one of the most influential classical PC demos, on par with Second Reality, released the… … Wikipedia
Crystal ball — This article is about the fortune telling object. For other uses, see Crystal ball (disambiguation). The largest flawless quartz sphere is located in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA … Wikipedia
Crystal gazing — Ball gazes and Ball gazing redirect here. For the American poker player, see Bill Gazes. For the lawn ornament, see Gazing ball. Crystal saw redirects here. For the magic trick, see Crystal Sawing. Crystal see redirects here. It is not to be… … Wikipedia
crystal ball — noun Date: 1848 1. a sphere especially of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune tellers 2. a means or method of predicting future events … New Collegiate Dictionary
Crystal Ball (detector) — The Crystal Ball is a hermetic particle detector used initially with the SPEAR particle accelerator at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center beginning in 1979. It was designed to detect neutral particles and was used to discover the ηc meson.… … Wikipedia
Odin Sphere — North American box art. Developer(s) Vanillaware Publisher(s) … Wikipedia
Ewald's sphere — The Ewald sphere is a geometric construct used in electron, neutron, and X ray crystallography which neatly demonstrates the relationship between: :* the wavelength of the incident and diffracted x ray beams, :* the diffraction angle for a given… … Wikipedia
Colloidal crystal — A colloidal crystal is an ordered array of colloid particles, analogous to a standard crystal whose repeating subunits are atoms or molecules.[1] A natural example of this phenomenon can be found in the gem opal, where spheres of silica assume a… … Wikipedia
X-ray crystal truncation rod — scattering is a powerful method in surface science, based on analysis of X ray diffraction patterns from a crystalline surface. For an infinite crystal, the diffracted pattern is concentrated in delta function like Bragg peaks. Presence of… … Wikipedia
liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, esp. different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field. [1890 95] * * * Substance that flows like a liquid but maintains some of the ordered structure… … Universalium
