Associations to the word «Crystallography»

Wiktionary

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, noun. The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, noun. The study of crystals.

Dictionary definition

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, noun. The branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats