crystallographic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of crystallographic
First recorded in 1790–1800; crystallo- + -graphic
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Progress has also been slowed by the difficulty of producing high-quality thin films with a consistent crystallographic orientation.
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
Similarly coloured regions correspond to areas with the same crystallographic orientation/thickness. h, Demonstration of the procedure for obtaining dark-field images of the grown seeds.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
The formation of a third hydrogen bond between guanine and cytosine was considered, but rejected because a crystallographic study of guanine hinted that it would be very weak.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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