Polycrystalline
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
"This was revealed only in the experiments of ion bombardment of single crystals, because a polycrystalline material, even though its microcrystallites have a regular structure, in fact behaves like a nonarranged, random system."
Adjective
- 1 composed of aggregates of crystals wordnet
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More examples"This was revealed only in the experiments of ion bombardment of single crystals, because a polycrystalline material, even though its microcrystallites have a regular structure, in fact behaves like a nonarranged, random system."
Etymology
From poly- + crystalline.
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