English Explanatory Dictionary

unit cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

unit cell unit cells

Related words

conventional cell primitive cell
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