Having a form, shape, or structure resembling aluminum or characteristic of aluminum compounds.
From alumin- (aluminum) plus -form (from Latin forma, 'shape'), meaning 'shaped like or resembling aluminum,' a descriptive term used in crystallography and materials science.
Crystallographers use terms like 'aluminiform' to describe how aluminum atoms arrange themselves in space—these patterns repeat at such tiny scales that they create the strength and lightness we rely on in engineering.
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