Etymology

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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 →

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Named after German crystallographer Fritz Laves (1906–1978).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.