Crystallographic Information Framework

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Symmetry dictionary (symCIF) version 1.0.1

_space_group_symop.operation_description

Name:
'_space_group_symop.operation_description'

Definition:

   An optional text description of a particular symmetry operation
   of the space group.

Type: char

Mandatory item: no

Category: space_group_symop


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.