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face-centered

American

[feys-sen-terd] / ˈfeɪsˌsɛn tərd /

adjective

Crystallography.

(of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.

Etymology

Origin of face-centered

First recorded in 1910–15

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