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discommensurate

discommensurate adjective: not commensurate.

Adjective

discommensurate (not comparable)

  1. Not commensurate
    • In addition to the crystal lattice, we observe a coexisting discommensurate superlattice with wavevectors q = 0.5a* #92;pm 0.25b*.2015, Ling Fu, Aaron M. Kraft, Martha Greenblatt, M. C. Boyer, “Origin of a Superlattice Observed in Li_(0.9)Mo₆O₁₇ by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, in arXiv

Origin of discommensurate

From dis- + commensurate.

Questions about discommensurate

What does discommensurate mean?
Discommensurate means not commensurate.
What part of speech is discommensurate?
Discommensurate is an adjective.

Words near discommensurate in the dictionary

  1. discommended
  2. discommender
  3. discommenders
  4. discommending
  5. discommends
  6. discommensurate
  7. discommensuration
  8. discommission
  9. discommissioned
  10. discommissioning
  11. discommissions

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