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  2. Crystal system - Wikipedia

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    A crystal system is a set of point groups in which the point groups themselves and their corresponding space groups are assigned to a lattice system. Of the 32 crystallographic point groups that exist in three dimensions, most are assigned to only one lattice system, in which case both the crystal and lattice systems have the same name. However ...

  3. Crystal structure - Wikipedia

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    The defining property of a crystal is its inherent symmetry. Performing certain symmetry operations on the crystal lattice leaves it unchanged. All crystals have translational symmetry in three directions, but some have other symmetry elements as well. For example, rotating the crystal 180° about a certain axis may result in an atomic ...

  4. Crystallographic point group - Wikipedia

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    Each crystallographic point group defines the (geometric) crystal class of the crystal. The point group of a crystal determines, among other things, the directional variation of physical properties that arise from its structure, including optical properties such as birefringency , or electro-optical features such as the Pockels effect .

  5. Crystallography - Wikipedia

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    Before the 20th century, the study of crystals was based on physical measurements of their geometry using a goniometer. [4] This involved measuring the angles of crystal faces relative to each other and to theoretical reference axes (crystallographic axes), and establishing the symmetry of the crystal in question.

  6. Hermann–Mauguin notation - Wikipedia

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    These are the crystallographic point groups 1 and 1 (triclinic crystal system), 2, m, and ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ , and 222, ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ ⁠ 2 / m ⁠, and mm2 (orthorhombic). (The short form of ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ ⁠ 2 / m ⁠ is mmm.) If the symbol contains three positions, then they denote symmetry elements in the x, y, z ...

  7. Centrosymmetry - Wikipedia

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    In crystallography, a centrosymmetric point group contains an inversion center as one of its symmetry elements. [1] In such a point group, for every point (x, y, z) in the unit cell there is an indistinguishable point (-x, -y, -z). Such point groups are also said to have inversion symmetry. [2] Point reflection is a similar term used in geometry.

  8. Point groups in three dimensions - Wikipedia

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    C i (equivalent to S 2) – inversion symmetry; C 2 – 2-fold rotational symmetry; C s (equivalent to C 1h and C 1v) – reflection symmetry, also called bilateral symmetry. Patterns on a cylindrical band illustrating the case n = 6 for each of the 7 infinite families of point groups. The symmetry group of each pattern is the indicated group.

  9. Crystallographic restriction theorem - Wikipedia

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    Rotating about point B by α maps point A to a new point A'. Similarly, rotating about point A by α maps B to a point B'. Since both rotations mentioned are symmetry operations, A' and B' must both be lattice points. Due to periodicity of the crystal, the new vector r' which connects them must be equal to an integer multiple of r: