primitive cell

C41350
concept

A primitive cell is the smallest repeating unit of a crystal lattice that, through translational symmetry, can generate the entire crystal structure without any gaps or overlaps.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
periodic structure 1
primitive cell canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: primitive cell
Generated description
A primitive cell is the smallest repeating unit of a crystal lattice that, through translational symmetry, can generate the entire crystal structure without any gaps or overlaps.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Wigner–Seitz cell
photonic crystals periodic structure