unit cell

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: unit cells, unit ball, unicell

Antonyms: unit cells, unit ball, unicell

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|crystallography}} The smallest [[repeat]]ing structure ([[parallelepiped]]) of [[atom]]s within a [[crystal]], from which the structure of the complete crystal can be inferred.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.