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Modulated structures dictionary (msCIF) version 3.2.1

_cell.modulation_dimension

Name:
_cell.modulation_dimension

Alias:
_cell_modulation_dimension

Definition:

   

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

Type: Integer


The permitted range is 1 → 8

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.