Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unit cell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: unit -cell
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The smallest repeating structure (parallelepiped) of atoms within a crystal, from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.

Example Sentences

"The first task for a crystallographer is to establish the shape of the unit cell."

Inflected Forms

unit cells (plural)

Phrases

conventional cell primitive cell

Frequently Paired Words

conventional cell primitive cell

Questions

What does unit cell mean?: The smallest repeating structure (parallelepiped) of atoms within a crystal, from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.

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