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Maille conventionnelle (Fr); Cella convenzionale (It); 慣用単位胞 (Ja).
For each lattice, the conventional cell is the cell obeying the following conditions:
- its basis vectors define a right-handed axial setting;
- its edges are along symmetry directions of the lattice;
- it is the smallest cell compatible with the above condition.
Crystals having the same type of conventional cell belong to the same crystal family.
See also
- primitive cell
- unit cell
- Section 1.3.2.4 in of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A, 6th edition