diffractometryn.
/ˌdɪfrakˈtɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /ˌdɪfrækˈtɑmətri/ Science.
The measurement of diffraction, esp. the measurement of X-ray diffraction as a technique of X-ray crystallography; the use of a diffractometer.See also powder diffractometry n. at powder n.1 Compounds 4.
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1941 Tohoku Jrnl. Exper. Med. 40 330 Anisocytosis, if it exceeds a certain degree, will make the diffractometry difficult because the diffracted light produced by such blood cells naturally becomes blurred.
1956 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 27 1215 (heading) Comparison of X-ray wavelengths for powder diffractometry.
1965 W. Parrish X-ray Anal. Papers p. vii Specialized topics such as..automatic single crystal diffractometry.
2008 Yang Leng Materials Characterization ii. 59 Diffractometry enables us to identify the crystal structure and quality by analyzing then comparing the spectrum with a database.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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