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Peierls stress

Peierls stress noun: the force needed to move a dislocation within a plane of atoms in the unit cell.

Noun

Peierls stress (countable and uncountable, plural Peierls stresses)

  1. The force needed to move a dislocation within a plane of atoms in the unit cell.

Forms of Peierls stress

pluralPeierls stresses

Origin of Peierls stress

First discovered by Rudolf Peierls.

Questions about Peierls stress

What does Peierls stress mean?
Peierls stress means the force needed to move a dislocation within a plane of atoms in the unit cell.
What part of speech is Peierls stress?
Peierls stress is a noun.
What is the plural of Peierls stress?
The plural of Peierls stress is Peierls stresses.

Words near Peierls stress in the dictionary

  1. Pei-kan
  2. Pei-p'ing
  3. peice
  4. peices
  5. Peiching
  6. Peierls stress
  7. Peierls stresses
  8. Peifer
  9. Peifers
  10. Peiffer
  11. Peiffers

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