| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Edge dislocation | Electrical Engineering | A defect in a crystal structure, particularly found in single-crystal semiconductor material, resulting from imperfect arrays of atoms within the crystal, interatomic distances varying widely at the edge of a perfect section of the array. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Edge dislocation | Mining | In a crystal, a row of atoms or ions marking the edge of a crystallographic plane extending only part way. Cf: line defect. (references) | |
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