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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[The] branch of science that deals with the geometric description of crystals and their internal arrangement.  2, record 1, English, - crystallography

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Since most solid matter is crystalline, the properties of crystals are to a large extent also the properties of ordinary solid materials. Solid matter in which the atoms, molecules or ions are arranged in a regularly repeating pattern throughout is said to be crystalline; all other solid matter is said to be amorphous (noncrystalline), although the distinction is not always sharp.  2, record 1, English, - crystallography

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Science de la matière cristallisée, des lois qui président à sa formation, de sa structure, de ses propriétés géométriques, physiques et chimiques.  2, record 1, French, - cristallographie

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Estudio de la formación de los cristales en los sólidos.  2, record 1, Spanish, - cristalograf%C3%ADa