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topotactic

topotactic adjective: describing a transformation, within a crystal lattice, involving the displacement or exchange of atoms.

Adjective

topotactic (comparative more topotactic, superlative most topotactic)

  1. Describing a transformation, within a crystal lattice, involving the displacement or exchange of atoms.

Forms of topotactic

comparativemore topotactic
superlativemost topotactic

Questions about topotactic

What does topotactic mean?
Topotactic means describing a transformation, within a crystal lattice, involving the displacement or exchange of atoms.
What part of speech is topotactic?
Topotactic is an adjective.

Words near topotactic in the dictionary

  1. toposheets
  2. toposite
  3. toposites
  4. toposome
  5. toposophy
  6. topotactic
  7. topotactical
  8. topotaxial
  9. topotaxy
  10. topotecan
  11. topotecans

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