Trivacancy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of three vacancy defects in a crystal.

    "To further investigate how the clustering of vacancies influences the mechanical properties, the most stable configurations of di- and trivacancy clusters have been predicted, which correspond to the most compact distribution of vacancies."

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"To further investigate how the clustering of vacancies influences the mechanical properties, the most stable configurations of di- and trivacancy clusters have been predicted, which correspond to the most compact distribution of vacancies."

Etymology

From tri- + vacancy.

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