Crystallography

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     1. The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the
        system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their
        methods of formation.


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     2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crystallography
       n : the branch of science that studies the formation and
           structure of crystals

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "crystallography":
     Newtonian physics, acoustics, aerophysics, applied physics,
     astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics,
     chemical physics, cryogenics, cytophysics, electron physics,
     electronics, electrophysics, geology, geophysics, macrophysics,
     mathematical physics, mechanics, medicophysics, microphysics,
     mineralogical chemistry, mineralogy, mining engineering,
     mining geology, natural philosophy, natural science,
     nuclear physics, optics, petrochemistry, petrography, petrology,
     philosophy, physic, physical chemistry, physical science,
     physicochemistry, physicomathematics, physics, psychophysics,
     radiation physics, radionics, solar physics, solid-state physics,
     statics, stereophysics, theoretical physics, thermodynamics,
     zoophysics