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tricrystal

tricrystal noun: a semiconductor (or similar device) incorporating a junction of three crystals.

Noun

tricrystal (plural tricrystals)

  1. A semiconductor (or similar device) incorporating a junction of three crystals.
    • By comparison to averaged results from many discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) simulations of an aluminum type tricrystal under tensile loading, the new hardening parameter in the continuum model is calibrated.2015, E. Bayerschen, M. Stricker, S. Wulfinghoff, D. Weygand, T. Böhlke, “Equivalent Plastic Strain Gradient Plasticity with Grain Boundary Hardening and Comparison to Discrete Dislocation Dynamics”...

Forms of tricrystal

pluraltricrystals

Origin of tricrystal

From tri- + crystal.

Words that rhyme with tricrystal

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Questions about tricrystal

What does tricrystal mean?
Tricrystal means a semiconductor (or similar device) incorporating a junction of three crystals.
What part of speech is tricrystal?
Tricrystal is a noun.
What is the plural of tricrystal?
The plural of tricrystal is tricrystals.

Words near tricrystal in the dictionary

  1. tricriticality
  2. tricrotic
  3. tricrotism
  4. tricrotous
  5. tricrural
  6. tricrystal
  7. tricrystals
  8. trictenotomid
  9. trictenotomids
  10. trictrac
  11. tricube

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