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Macromolecular dictionary (mmCIF) version 2.0.09

_cell.length_a

Name:
'_cell.length_a'

Definition:

   Unit-cell length a corresponding to the structure reported in
              angstroms.

Type: float

Type conditions: esd

Mandatory item: no

Alias:
_cell_length_a (cif_core.dic version 2.0.1)
The permitted range is [0.0, infinity)

Related item: _cell.length_a_esd (associated_esd)

Category: cell


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.