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polytype

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪtʌɪp/
Definition of polytype

noun

Crystallography
  • any of a number of forms of a crystalline substance which differ only in one of the dimensions of the unit cell.

Derivatives

polytypic

Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/
adjective

polytypism

noun

polytype in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of polytype in the US English dictionary
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