crystallography
noun
crys·tal·log·ra·phy
ˌkri-stə-ˈlä-grə-fē 
: a science that deals with the forms and structures of crystals
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The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a new x-ray crystallography image of DNA.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Prior to working in entertainment, Weiss studied X-ray crystallography at Harvard Medical School, earning a Ph.D. in biophysics and a master’s degree in medical science.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Galen Erso is taken by the Empire Orson Krennic captures scientist Galen Erso, an expert in crystallography, to use kyber crystals in the construction of the Death Star.
—As seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
Transformers made a huge impact in life sciences with Deep Mind's AlphaFold, a groundbreaking way to predict protein structures based on amino acid sequences (something not text) in minutes, a task that previously took scientists months in the labs via X-ray crystallography.
—Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Prior to working in entertainment, Weiss studied X-ray crystallography at Harvard Medical School, earning a Ph.D. in biophysics and a master’s degree in medical science.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Galen Erso is taken by the Empire Orson Krennic captures scientist Galen Erso, an expert in crystallography, to use kyber crystals in the construction of the Death Star.
—As seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
Transformers made a huge impact in life sciences with Deep Mind's AlphaFold, a groundbreaking way to predict protein structures based on amino acid sequences (something not text) in minutes, a task that previously took scientists months in the labs via X-ray crystallography.
—Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Crystallography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crystallography. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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crystallography
noun
crys·tal·log·ra·phy
ˌkris-tə-ˈläg-rə-fē
: a science that deals with the form and structure of crystals
Medical Definition
crystallography
noun
crys·tal·log·ra·phy
ˌkris-tə-ˈläg-rə-fē
plural crystallographies
: a science that deals with the forms and structures of crystals see x-ray crystallography
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