crystal lattice

noun

1. lattice.

crystal lattice

noun

1. the regular array of points about which the atoms, ions, or molecules composing a crystal are centred

Word History and Origins

Origin of crystal lattice¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In their analysis, they found that hydrocarbons had penetrated the crystal lattice of hydrogen cyanide and formed stable new structures known as co-crystals.

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In the newly published work, they pushed hBN to even more intense vibrations, but rather than damaging the underlying atomic structure, the lasers broke the crystal lattice cleanly apart.

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The reason for this lies deep inside the nitinol, which has two crystal lattices -- two phases that can transform into each other.

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One is quantum memory, which can store the exact state of a photon—including its phase information—in the quantum state of an atom in a crystal lattice.

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Yet, abundant experimental evidence shows that quantum fluctuations of the crystal lattice prevent the long-range order from developing.

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