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crystallography

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The science of crystal structure and phenomena.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The science of the process of crystallization, and of the forms and structure of crystals.
  • noun A discourse or treatise on crystals and crystallization.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.
  • noun A discourse or treatise on crystallization.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids.
  • noun The study of crystals.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals

Etymologies

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crystal +‎ -ography

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Examples

  • X-ray crystallography is the specialty of chemistry that I have my degree in.

    Nobel endeavors : Bev Vincent 2009

  • In the course of her career, she developed new methods that have become standard in crystallography today.

    2008 L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Peggy 2008

  • In the course of her career, she developed new methods that have become standard in crystallography today.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Peggy 2008

  • X-ray crystallography is based on the diffraction of X rays in protein crystals, and has since contributed to a further series of Nobel Prizes.

    Information for the Public - The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 2002

  • Among new applications should be mentioned the measurements of atomic coordinates at solid surfaces, diffraction from quantum dots and stripes and protein crystallography for rational drug design from the measured atomic structure of the protein.

    Accelerators and Nobel Laureates 2001

  • She attended the special course in crystallography and decided, following strong advice from F.M. Brewer, who was then her tutor, to do research in X-ray crystallography.

    Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - Biography 1972

  • If, on the other hand, as was assumed in crystallography, a regular arrangement of the atoms or the molecules in a space lattice was the basis of the shapes of the natural crystals, then, according to estimates, the distances of the points of the lattice ought to be exactly of that order of magnitude that was required for the decomposition of X-radiation in a spectrum.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 - Presentation Speech 1965

  • This epoch-making discovery, which not only bore upon the nature of X-radiation and the reality of the space lattice assumed in crystallography, but also placed a new means of research into the hands of Science, was rewarded with the

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 - Presentation Speech 1965

  • The development of methods of protein crystallography has been in the focus of my laboratory's work from the beginning and led to the development of refinement in protein crystallography (with

    Robert Huber - Autobiography 1989

  • They quickly decided it would help to subject the molecules to a science called crystallography

    Glaxo Tries Biotech Model to Spur Drug Innovations 2010

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