empilement

French

Etymology

From empiler (“to pile up”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pil.mɑ̃/

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Noun

empilement m (plural empilements)

1. piling up, stacking
2. close-packing (e.g. of atoms in a crystal)

Further reading

• “empilement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.