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unit cell

unit cell noun: the smallest repeating structure (parallelepiped) of atoms within a crystal, from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.

Noun

unit cell (plural unit cells)

  1. The smallest repeating structure (parallelepiped) of atoms within a crystal, from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.
    • The first task for a crystallographer is to establish the shape of the unit cell.1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

unit cell meaning in Tamil

unit cell in Tamil

அலகுக்கலம், ஒற்றைக் கூடு, ஓரலகு கூடு, அலகழைப்பு, ஒற்றைஅழைப்பு, அலகு கூடு

Forms of unit cell

pluralunit cells

Questions about unit cell

What does unit cell mean?
Unit cell means the smallest repeating structure (parallelepiped) of atoms within a crystal, from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.
What is unit cell in Tamil?
Unit cell in Tamil is அலகுக்கலம், ஒற்றைக் கூடு, ஓரலகு கூடு. See Unit cell meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unit cell?
Unit cell is a noun.
What is the plural of unit cell?
The plural of unit cell is unit cells.

Words near unit cell in the dictionary

  1. unistructurality
  2. unisulcate
  3. unisus
  4. unisutural
  5. unit
  6. unit cell
  7. unit cells
  8. unit circle
  9. unit circles
  10. unit cost
  11. unit costs

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