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crystallographic defect

crystallographic defect noun: a localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly influencing material properties like conductivity and strength; the main types include vacancies (missing atoms), interstitials (extra atoms in non-regular spots), and substitutional defects (impurities replacing host atoms).

crystallographic defect: a localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice,...
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Noun

crystallographic defect (plural crystallographic defects)

  1. A localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly influencing material properties like conductivity and strength; the main types include vacancies (missing atoms), interstitials (extra atoms in non-regular spots), and substitutional defects (impurities replacing host atoms).

Forms of crystallographic defect

pluralcrystallographic defects

Questions about crystallographic defect

What does crystallographic defect mean?
Crystallographic defect means a localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly influencing material properties like conductivity and strength; the main types include vacancies (missing atoms), interstitials (extra atoms in non-regular spots), and substitutional defects (impurities replacing host atoms).
What part of speech is crystallographic defect?
Crystallographic defect is a noun.
What is the plural of crystallographic defect?
The plural of crystallographic defect is crystallographic defects.

Words near crystallographic defect in the dictionary

  1. crystallogram
  2. crystallograms
  3. crystallographer
  4. crystallographers
  5. crystallographic
  6. crystallographic defect
  7. crystallographical
  8. crystallographically
  9. crystallography
  10. crystalloid
  11. crystalloidal

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