HyperDic: epitaxy

English > 1 sense of the word epitaxy:
NOUNprocessepitaxygrowing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate
English > epitaxy: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningGrowing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate.
Broadergrowing(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
Spanishepitaxia
Catalanepitàxia

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