Miller index

noun

: any of a set of three numbers or letters used to indicate the position of a face or internal plane of a crystal and determined on the basis of the reciprocal of the intercept of the face or plane on the crystallographic axes

Word History

Etymology

after William Hallowes Miller †1880 English mineralogist

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