crystallographic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- crystallographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of crystallographic
First recorded in 1790–1800; crystallo- + -graphic
Example Sentences
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The research team overcame these obstacles by successfully creating RuO2 thin films with a single crystallographic orientation on sapphire substrates.
From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025
Nevertheless, this method has proved useful for calculating ionic radii from experimental measurements such as X-ray crystallographic determinations.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
In 1982, the Nobel committee awarded the chemistry prize to Dr. Klug “for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2018
The significance of the lone pair–π interaction in crystal engineering has been noted by Reedijk and co-workers, based on a thorough analysis of the crystallographic database91.
From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017
Slowly and precisely he detailed how, in spite of much elaborate crystallographic analysis, little real progress had been made by Rosy since the day she arrived at King’s.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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