Meanings
comparative more polycrystalline · superlative most polycrystalline
- Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
This was revealed only in the experiments of ion bombardment of single crystals, because a polycrystalline material, even though its microcrystallites have a regular structure, in fact behaves like a nonarranged, random system.
1966, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Phenomena in .in Ionized Gases
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecomposed of aggregates of crystals
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Englishcrystalline
- Englishpolycrystalline
From poly- + crystalline.
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