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A lattice letter followed by symmetry elements.
Also known as: Space group notation, Two hundred and thirty space groups, Full HM space group symbol
A Hermann-Mauguin symbol naming one of the two hundred and thirty crystallographic space groups, opening with a letter for the lattice centring.
Names one of the two hundred and thirty crystallographic space groups.
Contexts: Laboratory
Opens with a capital letter for the lattice centring, so a reader knows the lattice type before reading a single symmetry element.
Contexts: Laboratory
Is, like the point groups, a closed and enumerated set: there are exactly two hundred and thirty in three dimensions and no more are possible.
Contexts: Laboratory
A leading capital letter followed by a short string of figures and lower-case letters, the capital naming the lattice centring.