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The branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
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crystallography
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Crystallography is a book of poetry and prose published in 1994 and revised in 2003 by Canadian author Christian Bök . Based around a that language is a crystallization process, the book includes several forms of poetry including concrete poetry , as well ...
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Crystallography \Crys`tal*log"ra*phy\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -graphy: cf. F. cristallographie. See Crystal .] The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, ...
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n. 1 The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. 2 The study of crystals.
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n. the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
Usage examples of crystallography.
X-ray crystallography represented the most advanced, complex, and expensive method of structural analysis in modern biology.
In the parlance of my own field, crystallography, these e's are enantiomorphic, unable to be superimposed because one mirrors the other.
They would lack combustion and crystallography, but would begin their science on a firm foundation of fluid mechanics, of flows and qualitative senses.
Little Leo, it appeared, was working his way simultaneously through biology, astrophysics, phrenology, chemical engineering, architecture, Christian Science, psychosomatic medicine, marine law, business management, Yoga, crystallography, metaphysics and modern literature.
Pauling was unrivaled in determining the architecture of molecules and had been a pioneer in the field of X-ray crystallography, a technique that would prove crucial to peering into the heart of DNA.
What sets him off from his colleagues is that he has managed to specialize in both NMR and X-ray crystallography.
Rosalind worked out a way to use X-ray crystallography for quality control.
And then we have a high-speed CAD workstation, a darkroom, tech stores, a scientific freezer, electron microscope and X-ray crystallography labs, a diver's locker, and an isotope and radiation chamber.
He often sent them to libraries at Stanford to Xerox papers on all sorts of subjects: Japanese sword-making, X-ray crystallography, Mexican vampire bats, Central American volcanoes, oceanic currents of El Niñ.