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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A homogeneous crystalline structure in which one or more types of atoms or molecules may be partly substituted for the original atoms and molecules without changing the structure.
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- noun physics Any
homogenous crystalline solid, consisting of more than one type ofmolecule oratom randomly dispersed, in which thestructure is independent of its composition.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
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