planar defect

noun

A type of crystallographic defect; two-dimensional, including grain boundaries and stacking faults.

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Meanings

nounplanar defect (plural planar defects)

plural planar defects

  1. chemistryA type of crystallographic defect; two-dimensional, including grain boundaries and stacking faults.
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