MSN home
Mail
My MSN
Sign in
encarta
greeting cards
more
Hotmail
Messenger
My MSN
MSN Directory
Air Tickets/Travel
Autos
Careers & Jobs
City Guides
Dating & Personals
Election 2008
Games
Green Living
Health & Fitness
Horoscopes
Lifestyle
Maps & Directions
Money
Movies
Music
News
Real Estate/Rentals
Shopping
Spaces
Sports
Tech & Gadgets
TV
Weather
White Pages
Yellow Pages
encarta
®
Home
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Atlas
K-12 Success
College & Grad School
Adult Learning
Quizzes
More
Additional Reference Materials
Thesaurus
Translations
Multimedia
Other Resources
Education Resources
Math Help
Foreign Language Help
Project Planner
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Jobs & Internships
Online Degrees
Coffee Break
Ask Bill Nye the Science Guy
Top 10 Lists
Columns
On This Day
Encarta Products
Help
Related Items
from
Encarta
Crystal (mineral)
Condensation
Glass
Matter, States of
Viscosity
also called ionic compounds
arthritis, disorder related to crystal deposition
band structure
clouds
condensed-matter physics
crystalline rock geography in Canada
crystalline rock geography in the United States
dichroism
epitaxy, methods for producing crystals
freezing and crystallization
how crystals form
ion combinations in formation of crystals
liquid crystals
metallography
minerals and mineralogy
nanocrystals
pictures of crystals
piezoelectric effect
quotations
scientific properties
semiconductor material
specific crystals and crystalline rocks
supercooling
symmetry
uses for crystals
work of René-Just Hauy
Transistor
Transistor
, in electronics, common name for a group of electronic devices used as amplifiers or oscillators in communications, control, and computer...
View article
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Newsletter
Worldwide
Feedback
Help
© 2008 Microsoft