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unit cell
noun
, Crystallography.
- the simplest unit of a regular lattice.
unit cell
noun
- crystallog the smallest group of atoms, ions, or molecules that is characteristic of a particular crystal lattice
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unit cell1
First recorded in 1935–40
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