"epitaxy" meaning in English

See epitaxy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛpətæks.i/ Forms: epitaxies [plural]
Etymology: epi- + -taxy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|epi|taxy}} epi- + -taxy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} epitaxy (usually uncountable, plural epitaxies)
  1. (crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (type of overgrowth): epitaksia (Finnish), épitaxie [feminine] (French), Epitaxie [feminine] (German), epitassia [feminine] (Italian), epitaksja [feminine] (Polish), эпитакси́я (epitaksíja) [feminine] (Russian), epitaxia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-epitaxy-en-noun-XSPwlBJa Categories (other): Crystallography, English terms prefixed with epi-, Crystal Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Crystal: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'type of overgrowth': 90 10
  2. A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-epitaxy-en-noun-wSc1pVb0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -taxy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Crystal Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -taxy: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Crystal: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemical beam epitaxy, chemoepitaxy, epitaxial, epitaxic, graphoepitaxy, heteroepitaxy, homoepitaxial, homoepitaxy, molecular beam epitaxy Related terms: syntaxy, distaxy, topotaxy

Inflected forms

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