Meanings
nounWigner-Seitz cell (plural Wigner-Seitz cells)
plural Wigner-Seitz cells
- chemistryA primitive cell constructed by applying Voronoi decomposition to a crystal lattice, used in the study of crystalline materials.
Origin
Named after Eugene Wigner and Frederick Seitz.
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