epitaxy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epitaxy /ˈɛpɪtaksi/
▶noun Crystallography the growth of crystals on a crystalline substrate that determines their orientation.
– derivatives
epitaxial adjective.
epitaxial adjective.
– origin 1930s: from Fr. épitaxie, from Gk epi ‘upon’ + taxis ‘arrangement’.
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