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epitaxies

epitaxies is the plural of epitaxy.

Meaning of epitaxy

Noun

epitaxy (usually uncountable, plural epitaxies)

  1. (usually) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.
  2. (usually) A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.

Questions about epitaxies

What is epitaxies the plural of?
Epitaxies is the plural of epitaxy.

Words near epitaxies in the dictionary

  1. epitaxial layer
  2. epitaxial layers
  3. epitaxiality
  4. epitaxially
  5. epitaxic
  6. epitaxies
  7. epitaxy
  8. epitendineum
  9. epitendinous
  10. epitendon
  11. epitenon

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