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Named after German crystallographer Fritz Laves (1906–1978).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An infinite regular system of points and line segments in three-dimensional Euclidean space, corresponding to the crystal structure of many materials. Full definition →
Named after German crystallographer Fritz Laves (1906–1978).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.