crystallography

[ kris-tl-og-ruh-fee ]

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noun

the science dealing with crystallization and the forms and structure of crystals.

crystallography

/ ˌkrɪstəˈlɒɡrəfɪ; ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk /

First recorded in 1795–1805; crystallo- + -graphy

This was especially exemplified in the case of the Abb Hay, whose work in crystallography was to mean so much.

Now in crystallography there are only thirty-two possible classes of crystal lattice construction.

The study of the geometric forms assumed by minerals (crystallography) forms a department of the science of mineralogy.

On the strength of this, modern crystallography distinguishes six different systems of crystals.

Needless to say crystallography is not confronted with problems of such a nature.

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