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Modulated and composite structures dictionary (msCIF) version 1.0.1

_cell_modulation_dimension

Name:
'_cell_modulation_dimension'

Definition:

   Number of additional reciprocal vectors needed to index the
   whole diffraction pattern using integer Miller indices.


The permitted range is 1 -> 8

Type: numb

Category: cell


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.