cubic structure

collocation in English

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cubic
adjective
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/ˈkjuː.bɪk/us
/ˈkjuː.bɪk/
used in units of volume to show when the length of something has been multiplied by its width ...
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structure
noun
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/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofcubicandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Contrary to most other lanthanides, which have a close-packed hexagonal lattice, ytterbium crystallizes in the face-centeredcubicstructure.
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In the body-centeredcubicstructure, eight of the larger ions form a cubic shape, while one of the smaller ions occupies its center.
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The material heats up to its crystallization temperature, but not up to its melting point, and crystallizes in a metastable face-centeredcubicstructure.
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This motif is a body-centeredcubicstructurewhich has the silver centers distributed randomly between 2-, 3-, and 4-coordinate sites.
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Alternately, one could view this structure as a face-centeredcubicstructurewith secondary atoms in its octahedral holes.
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One structure is the interpenetrating primitivecubicstructure, also called the caesium chloride structure.
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At room temperature, thecubicstructureis more stable.
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Its heavycubicstructurein concrete was the cause of some controversy.
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Alternately, one could view this lattice as a simplecubicstructurewith a secondary atom in its cubic void.
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It has thecubicstructuretypical for metal hexaborides, with octahedral units of 6 boron atoms combined with calcium atoms.
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The spire rises above thiscubicstructure.
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The latter are usually manganese ions, which sit at the body centers of thecubicstructureand carry most of the magnetic moment of the alloy.
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The enthalpy change of atomisation is twice as high for lithium than for potassium, indicating stronger bonding in the metal (both metals have the same body-centeredcubicstructure).
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Altogether, the arrangement of atoms in zincblende structure is the same as diamondcubicstructure, but with alternating types of atoms at the different lattice sites.
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His piece in this exhibition was held indoors and made by laser reflection of innumerable cubes hanging from the ceiling of two huge cubic structures which was surrounded by holograms.
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