primitive cell
nounCrystallography.
a unit cell containing no points of the lattice except at the corners of the cell.
Origin of primitive cell
1First recorded in 1930–35
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How to use primitive cell in a sentence
In the act of cell-division the nuclei of the resulting cells are formed from the nucleus of the primitive cell.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThe unnucleated plastid might be called primitive cell (protocytos), and the ordinary nucleated one the nuclear cell (caryocytos).
The Wonders of Life | Ernst HaeckelIt is the life-basis, the primitive cell of the aggregate of cities and bodies politic.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians | G. G. FindlayThe mere process by which a primitive cell divides and reproduces itself has an air of demonic intelligence about it.
The Drama of Love and Death | Edward CarpenterGerm, as in blastoderm, the primitive cell layer in the beginning embryo, consisting of three layers.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry | Maximilian Stern
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