UNIT CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unit cell mean? 

• UNIT CELL (noun)
  The noun UNIT CELL has 1 sense:

1. the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal

  Familiarity information: UNIT CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIT CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("unit cell" is a kind of...):

building block; unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)