crystallography
/ˌkɹɪstəˈlɑɡɹəfi/noun
crystallography is a noun meaning “The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-R-Y-S-T-A-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does crystallography mean?
noun
- 1
The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids.
- 2
The study of crystals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce crystallography?
- UK /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɒɡɹəfi/
- US /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɑɡɹəfi/
Crystallography has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-crystallography.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-crystallography.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is crystallography?
Crystallography appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Crystallography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cristallographie |
| German | Kristallographie |
| Portuguese | cristalografia |
| Spanish | cristalografía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crystallography come from?
From crystal + -ography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).