English Explanatory Dictionary

quasicrystal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity

Word forms

quasicrystal quasicrystals quasi-crystal

Etymology

From quasi- + crystal.

Related words

crystal anticrystal perfect crystal amorphous

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