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extracrystalline

extracrystalline adjective: pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.

Adjective

extracrystalline (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.
    • extracrystalline water
    • Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite.1994, M. Stöcker, H.G. Karge, J.C. Jansen, Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications, page 550

Origin of extracrystalline

From extra- + crystalline.

Questions about extracrystalline

What does extracrystalline mean?
Extracrystalline means pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.
What part of speech is extracrystalline?
Extracrystalline is an adjective.

Words near extracrystalline in the dictionary

  1. extracoxal
  2. extracranial
  3. extracranially
  4. extracrevicular
  5. extracromosomal
  6. extracrystalline
  7. extract
  8. extract from the criminal record
  9. extract from the judicial record
  10. extract the Michael
  11. extract the urine

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