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antiferrodistortion

antiferrodistortion noun: distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice due to antiferromagnetism.

Noun

antiferrodistortion (uncountable)

  1. distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice due to antiferromagnetism

Origin of antiferrodistortion

From anti- + ferrodistortion or antiferro- + distortion.

Questions about antiferrodistortion

What does antiferrodistortion mean?
Antiferrodistortion means distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice due to antiferromagnetism.
What part of speech is antiferrodistortion?
Antiferrodistortion is a noun.

Words near antiferrodistortion in the dictionary

  1. antifermentatives
  2. antiferments
  3. antifermion
  4. antifermionic
  5. antifermions
  6. antiferrodistortion
  7. antiferrodistortive
  8. antiferroelectric
  9. antiferroelectrically
  10. antiferroelectricity
  11. antiferroelectrics

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