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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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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.
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Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
At that time, the structure of about 200,000 proteins had been determined by crystallography, costing billions of dollars.
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Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
Scientists have made tremendous strides in determining the three-dimensional structures of these target proteins through x-ray crystallography and NMR.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
To identify the actual structures, researchers typically turn to x-ray crystallography.
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Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 1 Aug. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
crystallo- + -graphy (after French cristallographie or New Latin crystallographia)
First Known Use
1784, in the meaning defined above
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“Crystallography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crystallography. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
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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