space lattice
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of space lattice
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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The axes are defined as being the lengths between points in the space lattice.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The structure cannot be described in terms of a space lattice of points on the fluoride ions because the fluoride ions do not all have identical environments.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
If a magnifying glass of sufficient size and strength could be placed over us we could see ourselves as sieves—our space lattice, as it is called.
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
One is tempted to suspect that the "space lattice" of the crystal has had its strata drawn closer together during the heating and left permanently in a closer order of arrangement.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
We may therefore regard the nitrogen atoms as occupying the centres of a cubic space lattice composed of iodine atoms, between which the hydrogen atoms are distributed on the tetrahedron face normals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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