epitaxy

Meaning of epitaxy

noun

the natural or artificial growth of crystals on a crystalline substrate that determines their orientation.

1930s: from French épitaxie, from Greek epi ‘upon’ + taxis ‘arrangement’.

Information about epitaxy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of epitaxy is: epitaxies.
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Hyphenation of epitaxy

epi-taxy

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • epitaxy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with epitaxy

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