"reciprocal lattice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reciprocal lattices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reciprocal lattice (plural reciprocal lattices)
  1. (geometry, crystallography) A conceptual lattice in reciprocal (or momentum) space that corresponds to a given Bravais lattice in realspace.

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