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Bravais lattice

noun

Etymology

Named after Auguste Bravais (1811–1863), a French crystallographer.

  1. derived from crystallographer

Definitions

  1. An infinite array of discrete points generated by a set of discrete translation…

    An infinite array of discrete points generated by a set of discrete translation operations mathbf R=n_1 mathbf a₁+n_2 mathbf a₂+n_3 mathbf a₃, where nᵢ are any integers and aᵢ are known as the primitive vectors which lie in different directions and span the lattice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Bravais lattice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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