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<Font color="blue"> Symétrie ponctuelle </Font> (''Fr''). <Font color="red"> Punktsymmetrie, Lagesymmetrie </Font> (''Ge''). <Font color="green"> Simetria punctual </Font> (''Sp'').
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<Font color="blue"> Symétrie ponctuelle </Font> (''Fr''). <Font color="red"> Punktsymmetrie, Lagesymmetrie </Font> (''Ge''). <Font color="green"> Simetria punctual </Font> (''Sp''). <Font color="black"> Simmetria del sito, simmetria puntuale </Font> (''It'').
  
 
== Definition ==  
 
== Definition ==  

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Symétrie ponctuelle (Fr). Punktsymmetrie, Lagesymmetrie (Ge). Simetria punctual (Sp). Simmetria del sito, simmetria puntuale (It).

Definition

The site-symmetry group of a point is the finite group formed by the set of all symmetry operations of the space group of the crystal that leave that point invariant. It is isomorphic to a (proper or improper) subgroup of the point group to which the space group under consideration belongs. In general, the origin is a point of highest site symmetry.

See also

Sections 2.2.12 and 8.3.2 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A