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Frenkel defect

Fren·kel de·fect [ frénk'l d fekt, frénk'l di fèkt ] (plural Fren·kel de·fects)


noun 
Definition:
 
crystal defect: a crystal defect consisting of an ion occupying a position between normally adjacent atoms in the lattice and the empty site that is left

[After the Russian physicist I. I. Frenkel (1894-1952)]
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