body-centered
[ bod-ee-sen-terd ]
adjectiveCrystallography.
(of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
Origin of body-centered
1First recorded in 1920–25
- Compare face-centered.
Words Nearby body-centered
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