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reciprocal vectors

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reciprocal vectors [ri′sip·rə·kəl ′vek·tərz]
(crystallography)
For a set of three vectors forming the primitive translations of a lattice, the vectors that form the primitive translations of the reciprocal lattice.
(mathematics)
For a set of three linearly independent vectors, a second set of three vectors, each of which is perpendicular to two of the original vectors and has a scalar product of unity with the third.


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