unit cell

/ˌjunət sɛl/
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Other forms: unit cells

Definitions of unit cell
  1. noun
    the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal
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    type of:
    building block, unit
    a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
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