"semivacancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semivacancies [plural]
Etymology: semi- + vacancy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|semi|vacancy}} semi- + vacancy Head templates: {{en-noun}} semivacancy (plural semivacancies)
  1. (physics) A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites. Wikipedia link: Vacancy defect Categories (topical): Physics

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