nonstoichiometric

/ nɒnˌstɔɪkɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

adjective

chem (of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer

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“The Dance of the Solids,” with its rhyming references to ceramics, polymers and nonstoichiometric crystals, also appeared in Updike’s collection Midpoint and Other Poems.