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Burgers vector
In crystal structures, dislocations locally alter coordination polyhedra with the result that regular polyhedra several atomic diameters distant are offset from their regular positions. The Burgers vector is a measure of that offset, being normal to edge dislocations and parallel to screw dislocations.
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