crystallography

[ kris-tl-og-ruh-fee ]

/ ˌkrɪs tlˈɒg rə fi /

the science dealing with crystallization and the forms and structure of crystals.

Origin of crystallography

First recorded in 1795–1805; crystallo- + -graphy

crys·tal·log·ra·pher, noun

This was especially exemplified in the case of the Abb Hay, whose work in crystallography was to mean so much.

Catholic Churchmen in Science |James J. Walsh
Such regular interpenetrations are known in crystallography as “twins.”

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 |Various
The foundations of crystallography had been laid long before Miller's time.

Scientific Culture, and Other Essays |Josiah Parsons Cooke
Now in crystallography there are only thirty-two possible classes of crystal lattice construction.

Highways in Hiding |George Oliver Smith

Never was such a lecture on Crystallography before, had there been nothing else in it,—and there are all manner of things.

The Life of John Ruskin |W. G. Collingwood

crystallography

/ (ˌkrɪstəˈlɒɡrəfɪ) /

the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals

crystallographer, noun crystallographic (ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk), adjective crystallographically, adverb