Growing a Crystal on Top of Another Crystal
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Mesopotamia, Group 971, Puzzle 3 (Reed Industries).
Question is: Growing a Crystal on Top of Another Crystal
and the answer is: EPITAXY
Word Meaning:
EPITAXY — (crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.
Definitions from Wiktionary.