EPITAXY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Growing 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

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Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("epitaxy" is a kind of...):

growing ((electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state)

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