crystallographic

American  

[kris-tl-uh-graf-ik] / ˌkrɪs tl əˈgræf ɪk /

Also crystallographical

adjective

1. of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography

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Other Word Forms

• crystallographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of crystallographic

First recorded in 1790–1800; crystallo- + -graphic

Example Sentences

One can speculate that the movement of polar walls17 — boundaries that form between two STO domains that have different crystallographic orientations18 — produces the spikes of current observed by Noël and co-workers.

From Nature

Whereas the crystallographic restriction theorem asserted that crystals can possess only two-, three- four- or sixfold rotationally symmetry, the Bragg diffraction pattern of quasicrystals shows other symmetry orders—such as a fivefold symmetry.

From Scientific American

Qiu et al. attributed this effect to a process referred to as domain swinging, whereby the 71° walls alternate between two crystallographic planes and tend to merge, thereby decreasing their number.

From Nature

Even if researchers need to curb their enthusiasm down the line, the unimagined scale of this discovery was possible only because of the existence of large crystallographic databases.

From Nature

Aaron Klug, a British scientist who won a Nobel Prize for developing techniques that used electronic probes and crystallographic techniques to discern the architecture and molecular arrangement of some of the molecules essential for life, including the chromosome, died Nov. 20.

From Washington Post