Bravais lattice (English, noun)
expansion: Bravais lattice (plural Bravais lattices)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
crystallography
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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glosses: An infinite array of discrete points generated by a set of discrete translation operations mathbf R=n_1 mathbf a₁+n_2 mathbf a₂+n_3 mathbf a₃, where nᵢ are any integers and aᵢ are known as the primitive vectors which lie in different directions and span the lattice.
Forms:
form: Bravais lattices
tags: plural