epitaxy

Noun

 * 1)  An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.
 * 2) A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.

Translations

 * Finnish: epitaksia
 * German: Epitaxie
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 * Spanish: epitaxia