Primitive basis
From Online Dictionary of Crystallography
Base primitive (Fr); Base primitiva (It); 単純基底 (Ja).
Definition
A primitive basis is a crystallographic basis of the vector lattice L such that every lattice vector t of L may be obtained as an integral linear combination of the basis vectors, a, b, c.
In mathematics, a primitive basis is often called a lattice basis, whereas in crystallography the latter has a more general meaning and corresponds to a crystallographic basis.
See also
- direct lattice
- primitive cell
- Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A