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spacegroup

spacegroup is the alternative spelling of space group.

Meaning of space group

Noun

space group (plural space groups)

  1. The set of all symmetry operations that can be applied to a given crystal without changing it.
    • Dorothy also learned to identify the space group of a molecule, an essential prerequisite for finding the structure, by looking for spots that were missing from the regular array in an X-ray photograph.1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

Forms of spacegroup

pluralspacegroups

Questions about spacegroup

What is spacegroup the alternative spelling of?
Spacegroup is the alternative spelling of space group.

Words near spacegroup in the dictionary

  1. spacegoing
  2. spacegram
  3. spacegrammed
  4. spacegramming
  5. spacegrams
  6. spacegroup
  7. spacegroups
  8. spacehand
  9. spacehands
  10. spacehead
  11. spaceheads

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