Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epitaxy

1 sense of epitaxy

Sense 1
epitaxy -- (growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate)
       => growing -- ((electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state)