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semivacancy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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History

Etymology

From semi- + vacancy.