Relating to or exhibiting epitaxy; characteristic of ordered crystal growth on a substrate surface.
From 'epitaxy' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ic,' creating an alternative form to 'epitaxial.' Both forms coexist in scientific literature with slightly different usage preferences.
The double adjective forms 'epitaxial' and 'epitaxic' show how scientific terminology evolves—both mean the same thing, but scientists often prefer one over the other based on which sounds better in a specific technical context.
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