polycrystalline

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ crystalline.

Adjective

polycrystalline (comparative more polycrystalline, superlative most polycrystalline)

1. Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
   • 1966, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Phenomena in .in Ionized Gases:

     This was revealed only in the experiments of ion bombardment of single crystals, because a polycrystalline material, even though its microcrystallites have a regular structure, in fact behaves like a nonarranged, random system.

Derived terms

• polycrystalline silicon

Related terms

• polycrystal