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Burgers vector
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English
Etymology
Named after Dutch physicist Jan Burgers.
Noun
thumb|An image describing how to determine the Burgers vector in a lattice distortion. The red vector is the Burgers vector.
en crystallography A mathematical vector that represents the magnitude and direction of the distortion in a dislocation in a crystal lattice.
en Materials science
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