pole figure
Metallurgy
noun
A circular diagram that is a stereographic projection of a sphere showing the positions of the poles of one or more lattice planes of a crystal or crystalline substance, the intensity of a spot in the diagram being proportional to the number of planes having the corresponding orientation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. After German Polfigur.
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