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
To answer this question, we investigated the crystallographic relationship between the seed and the nanosheet.
From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017
All I need do was read a crystallographic text; this would enable me to understand enough theory to begin to take X-ray photographs.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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