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crystallography Definition

crys·tal·log·ra·phy (kris′tə lägrə fē)

noun

the science of the form, structure, properties, and classification of crystals

Etymology: crystallo- + -graphy

crystallography Related Forms
crys′·tal·lo·graphic (kris′tə lō grafik) adjective or crys′·tal·lo·graphi·cal
crystallography Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • determine: Despite an enormous effort, only about 4,000 of the structures are known, with most determined by X-ray crystallography.
  • solve: A protein structure solved by X-ray crystallography is regarded as the gold standard to which all other structures are compared.

Converse of object

  • use: Working in Oxford she used x-ray crystallography, a technique based on the diffraction of x-rays by crystals.
  • include: Headings include crystallography, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, as well as an alphabetical listing of mineral species.

Adjective modifier

  • macromolecular: Each year this covers one aspect of macromolecular crystallography.
  • high: High Pressure Crystallography The University of Edinburgh is at the forefront of extreme conditions science.
  • small: John Warren will provide additional scientific support for small molecule crystallography.
  • time-resolved: In 1997 we are in an era of synchrotrons and nanosecond time-resolved protein crystallography.

Modifies a noun

  • laboratory: This is roughly one person per UK crystallography laboratory.
  • software: CCP4 is based at Daresbury laboratory, was established existed in 1979, and co-ordinates the UK protein crystallography software suite.
  • datum: Based on the open access model, the project has produced a prototype repository of crystallography data which enables self-archiving of data by chemists.
  • facility: Funding: Membrane protein structures 8 June 2006 A membrane protein crystallography facility is to be established at the Diamond synchrotron in Oxford.
  • study: It seems likely that this will occur in conjunction with X-ray crystallography studies.
  • group: We are one of the UK's leading high resolution X-ray crystallography groups.

Noun used with modifier

  • X-ray: Nobel prize for X-ray crystallography, shared with Dad, 1915.
  • x-ray: They want to biology through x-ray crystallography is true of.
  • protein: Protein X-ray crystallography was introduced in the summer of 2003.
  • electron: Extension of the direct methods approach to structure solving by X-ray or electron crystallography based on the principle of maximum entropy.
  • throughput: Astex Technology is a structure-based drug discovery company pioneering the use of high throughput X-ray crystallography.
  • molecule: I also advise the small molecule crystallography service in the Chemistry Department.

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