epitaxy

epitaxy

English

Noun

epitaxy (usually uncountable, plural epitaxies)

1. (crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chemoepitaxy
• epitaxial
• epitaxic

• graphoepitaxy
• homoepitaxial

Translations

type of overgrowth

German: Epitaxie f Italian: epitassia (it) f

Russian: эпитакси́я (ru) f (epitaksíja) Spanish: epitaxia f

See also

• syntaxy, distaxy, topotaxy