Short range order

In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings.

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v1 · 2026-09-28 · History

Domain-specific #

12023

Domain group

Natural Sciences

Origin domain

Chemistry & Materials Science

Subdomains

Crystallography, Materials Science, Amorphous Solids → Chemistry & Materials Science

Core Idea

Short range order is treated here as the recurring materials science identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings. In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings. However, this regularity described by short-range order does not necessarily apply to a larger area.

Scope of Application

• Documented setting. In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings.

• Documented setting. However, this regularity described by short-range order does not necessarily apply to a larger area.

• Documented setting. Examples of materials with short range order include amorphous materials such as wax, glass and liquids as well as the collagen fibrils of the stroma in the cornea.

• Documented setting. Example of systems with short-range ordering of oxygen-vacancies include oxygen-deficient stoichiometries of the superconductors , ; as well as perovskites and novel bismuth sillenites.

• Documented setting. Besides ordering of atoms, short-range ordering of vacancies are also possible.

Clarity

A clear use of Short range order names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings.

Manages Complexity

Short range order compresses multiple materials science details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—in crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings.—and the practical consequence—however, this regularity described by short-range order does not necessarily apply to a larger area.

Abstract Reasoning

1. Type the carrier. Identify the materials science entities to which the claim applies.
2. State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings.
3. Check operation and conditions. Examples of materials with short range order include amorphous materials such as wax, glass and liquids as well as the collagen fibrils of the stroma in the cornea.
4. Demand recognition evidence.

Knowledge Transfer

Within the home domain. Knowledge about Short range order transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. In crystallography, short range order refers to the regular and predictable arrangement (i.e. crystalline lattice) of atoms over a short distance, usually with one or two atom spacings. However, this regularity described by short-range order does not necessarily apply to a larger area. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Short range order.

Neighborhood in Abstraction Space

Short range order sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (84^th percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.

Family — Unclustered & Miscellaneous (2551 abstractions)

Nearest neighbors

• Linear order — 0.82
• Electron backscatter diffraction — 0.82
• Crystal twinning — 0.81
• Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model — 0.81
• Terminal singularity — 0.81

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