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Brillouin zones

Brillouin zones is the plural of Brillouin zone.

Meaning of Brillouin zone

Noun

Brillouin zone (plural Brillouin zones)

  1. A uniquely defined primitive cell forming part of the reciprocal lattice, involved in calculations regarding waves in a periodic medium given by Bloch's theorem.

Questions about Brillouin zones

What is Brillouin zones the plural of?
Brillouin zones is the plural of Brillouin zone.

Words near Brillouin zones in the dictionary

  1. brillolettes
  2. Brillouin
  3. Brillouin function
  4. Brillouin functions
  5. Brillouin zone
  6. Brillouin zones
  7. brills
  8. brils
  9. Brilyn
  10. brim
  11. brim over

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