paracrystallineadj.
/ˌparəˈkrɪstəlʌɪn/, /ˌparəˈkrɪstl̩ʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈkrɪstəl(ə)n/ Physical Chemistry.
Relating to or denoting a solid structure which has some degree of order but is not a true crystal; of the nature of a paracrystal.
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paracrystalline1926
1926 Chem. Abstr. 20 683 Paracrystalline and stressed substances. Friedrich Rinne... A review.
1950 W. J. Moore Physical Chem. xiv. 408 The compound ethyl~anisol-paraäminocinnamate passes through three distinct paracrystalline phases between 83° and 139°.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. xi. 283 The haemoglobin in cells which had taken up the sickle shape was in para-crystalline, or tactoid form.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. xxxi. 255 The fins are extensions of the basement membrane..stiffened by elongate fin ray cells with a paracrystalline body of filaments with aligned substructures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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