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X-ray diffractions

X-ray diffractions is the plural of X-ray diffraction.

Meaning of X-ray diffraction

Noun

X-ray diffraction (countable and uncountable, plural X-ray diffractions)

  1. The scattering of X-rays by the regular lattice of atoms or molecules in a crystal.
  2. The diffraction pattern so obtained.
  3. (analytical chemistry) The technique of using such patterns to determine that geometry of a crystal, or the arrangements of atoms in a molecule; X-ray crystallography.

Questions about X-ray diffractions

What is X-ray diffractions the plural of?
X-ray diffractions is the plural of X-ray diffraction.

Words near X-ray diffractions in the dictionary

  1. X-ray astronomy
  2. X-ray binaries
  3. X-ray binary
  4. X-ray crystallography
  5. X-ray diffraction
  6. X-ray diffractions
  7. X-ray fish
  8. X-ray fishes
  9. X-ray fluorescence
  10. X-ray fluorescences
  11. X-ray microscope

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