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semivacancies

semivacancies is the plural of semivacancy.

Meaning of semivacancy

Noun

semivacancy (plural semivacancies)

  1. A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites.
    • The semivacancies are separated by a variable number of Ge adatoms in metastable T₄ positions and can diffuse or eventually merge back into a single vacancy.2008, Edmund G. Seebauer, Meredith C. Kratzer, Charged Semiconductor Defects: Structure, Thermodynamics and Diffusion, page 219

Questions about semivacancies

What is semivacancies the plural of?
Semivacancies is the plural of semivacancy.

Words near semivacancies in the dictionary

  1. semiupright
  2. semiurban
  3. semiurgic
  4. semiurgically
  5. semiurgy
  6. semivacancies
  7. semivacancy
  8. semivacant
  9. semivalid
  10. semivalue
  11. semivalues

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