intertube en · ADJ
Etymology
From inter- + tube.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Between or among tubes or nanotubes.
If the intertube interactions are negligibly small, the electronic band structure along any line in the Brillouin zone parallel to the rope axis would be exactly the same as that of an isolated tube.
2001, Young-Gui Yoon, Steven G. Louie, “Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes”, in Giorgio Benedek et al., editors, Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 242: