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Definition of Peierls–Nabarro in English:
Peierls–Nabarro
noun
Used attributive: = Peierls.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. From the names of Sir Rudolf Peierls and Reginald Nunes Nabarro, English-born South African materials scientist, who refined Peierls' work.
