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Etymology

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From proto- +‎ structure.

Noun

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protostructure (plural protostructures)

  1. An initial structure
    • 2015, D.M. Bercha, S.A. Bercha, K.E. Glukhov, M. Sznajder, “Vibronic interaction in crystals with the Jahn-Teller centers in the elementary energy bands concept”, in Condens. Matter Phys.[1], volume 2015:
      The procedure is illustrated by the creation of the adiabatic potentials of the  -  vibronic coupling for the protostructure and paraphase of the CuInP S  crystal.