Mosaicity
= Mosaicity
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Mosaicity is a term commonly used in the fields of crystallography and structural biology. It refers to the degree of misalignment or variation in the orientation of crystallites within a single crystal or a crystal mass. In essence, it describes how "mosaic" a crystal appears when viewed under certain conditions, particularly in X-ray diffraction. In a perfect crystal, all the atoms are arranged in a highly ordered and uniform manner.