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epitaxy

/ˈɛpətæks.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
epi-taxy
IPA
/ˈɛpətæks.i/
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.

Uncountable

noun

A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.

Uncountable

Etymology

epi- + -taxy

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

epitaxies (plural)

Derived Forms

chemoepitaxy epitaxial epitaxic graphoepitaxy heteroepitaxy homoepitaxial homoepitaxy

Phrases

chemical beam epitaxy molecular beam epitaxy

Frequently Paired Words

syntaxy distaxy topotaxy

Questions

How do you pronounce epitaxy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛpətæks.i/.
What does epitaxy mean?
An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.
Where does epitaxy come from?
epi- + -taxy

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