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paracrystal

paracrystal noun: any crystalline material that has a highly distorted lattice with unit cells of highly variable shape and size.

Noun

paracrystal (plural paracrystals)

  1. Any crystalline material that has a highly distorted lattice with unit cells of highly variable shape and size

Forms of paracrystal

pluralparacrystals

Origin of paracrystal

From para- + crystal.

Questions about paracrystal

What does paracrystal mean?
Paracrystal means any crystalline material that has a highly distorted lattice with unit cells of highly variable shape and size.
What part of speech is paracrystal?
Paracrystal is a noun.
What is the plural of paracrystal?
The plural of paracrystal is paracrystals.

Words near paracrystal in the dictionary

  1. paracrostics
  2. paracryptodiran
  3. paracryptodirans
  4. paracryptodire
  5. paracryptodires
  6. paracrystal
  7. paracrystalline
  8. paracrystallinity
  9. paracrystals
  10. paracultural
  11. paracuses

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