fundamental — adj 1 Fundamental, basic, basal, underlying, radical are comparable when they mean forming or affecting the groundwork, roots, or lowest part of something. Fundamental is used chiefly in reference to immaterial things or to abstractions, whether… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Crystal chemistry — is the study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals and their use in describing structure property relations in solids. The principles that govern the assembly of crystal and glass structures are described, models of many of the… … Wikipedia
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Crystal oscillator — A miniature 4 MHz quartz crystal enclosed in a hermetically sealed HC 49/US package, used as the resonator in a crystal oscillator. A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal … Wikipedia
crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… … Universalium
Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… … Universalium
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Crystal system — Diamond crystal structure consists of face centered cubic lattice. In crystallography, the terms crystal system, crystal family, and lattice system each refer to one of several classes of space groups, lattices, point groups, or crystals.… … Wikipedia
Crystal — Crystals redirects here. For other uses, see Crystals (disambiguation). This article is about crystalline solids. For the type of glass, see lead crystal. For other uses, see Crystal (disambiguation). Quartz crystal. The individual grains of this … Wikipedia
Crystal momentum — In solid state physics crystal momentum or quasimomentum[1] is a momentum like vector associated with electrons in a crystal lattice. It is defined by the associated wave vectors k of this lattice, according to (where is the reduced Planck s… … Wikipedia
Quartz crystal microbalance — A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measures a mass per unit area by measuring the change in frequency of a quartz crystal resonator. The resonance is disturbed by the addition or removal of a small mass due to oxide growth/decay or film… … Wikipedia