mesocrystalline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meso- +‎ crystalline

Adjective[edit]

mesocrystalline (not comparable)

  1. (geology, mineralogy) Having crystals intermediate in size between microcrystalline and macrocrystalline ones
  2. (biology, biomineralogy) Having a material structure composed of numerous small crystals of similar size and shape, which are arranged in a regular periodic pattern