格こう子し欠けっ陥かん

noun

lattice defect; crystal defect

Technical term in crystallography and solid-state physics. Refers to an irregularity in the periodic arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice.

• 半はん導どう体たいの特とく性せいは格こう子し欠けっ陥かんの影えい響きょうを受うけやすい。

  The properties of semiconductors are easily affected by lattice defects.

• この結けっ晶しょうには格こう子し欠けっ陥かんがほとんど見みられない。

  Almost no lattice defects are observed in this crystal.