Source vocabularyID4
space group
IRI
https://w3id.org/matsci-sam/vocabulary/id4/space_group0
Definition
A mathematical group describing the symmetry operations of a crystal structure—such as rotations, reflections, inversions, and translations—formally defined as the group of isometries acting on Euclidean space that contains a subgroup of three linearly independent translations.
Colton GerberSep 8, 2026Definition 3 · revision 1proposedNo commentsAI-assisted revision · gemma4:26b