seed crystal

English

Etymology

By analogy with the seeds of plants.

Noun

seed crystal (plural seed crystals)

A small crystal from which a larger crystal of the same substance is grown

Translations

crystal from which a larger crystal is grown

Bulgarian: затравка f (zatravka)
German: Impfkristall m

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