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Laue diagram

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noun

Crystallography.

  1. a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.

Etymology

Origin of Laue diagram

After M. von Laue, who developed it

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