Quasicrystal Definition

kwāzī-krĭstəl, kwäzē-
noun
Any of a class of solid materials characterized by an irregular, repetitive structural arrangement of atoms that is intermediate between the orderly structure of a crystal and the amorphous structure of a glass.
Webster's New World

(physics, chemistry) Any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity.

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Singular:
quasicrystal
Plural:
quasicrystals

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