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quasicrystal

quasicrystal noun: any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity.

quasicrystal: any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry...
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Noun

quasicrystal (plural quasicrystals)

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

quasicrystal meaning in Tamil

quasicrystal in Tamil

பகுதிப் படிகம்

Forms of quasicrystal

pluralquasicrystals
alternative formquasi-crystal

Origin of quasicrystal

From quasi- + crystal.

Questions about quasicrystal

What does quasicrystal mean?
Quasicrystal means any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity.
What is quasicrystal in Tamil?
Quasicrystal in Tamil is பகுதிப் படிகம். See Quasicrystal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quasicrystal?
Quasicrystal is a noun.
What is the plural of quasicrystal?
The plural of quasicrystal is quasicrystals.

Words near quasicrystal in the dictionary

  1. quasiconverbs
  2. quasiconvex
  3. quasiconvexity
  4. quasicriminal
  5. quasicritical
  6. quasicrystal
  7. quasicrystalline
  8. quasicrystallographic
  9. quasicrystallography
  10. quasicrystals
  11. quasicubic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quasicrystal (page history and authors); quasicrystal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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