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ptychography

The English word “ptychography” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A technique that aims to solve the diffraction-pattern phase problem by interfering adjacent Bragg reflections coherently and thereby determining their relative phase.

Etymology

From ptycho- (compare ptychonome) + -graphy, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + γράφειν (gráphein, “write”).

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