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unit cell

noun

, Crystallography.
  1. the simplest unit of a regular lattice.


unit cell

noun

  1. crystallog the smallest group of atoms, ions, or molecules that is characteristic of a particular crystal lattice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of unit cell1

First recorded in 1935–40

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