quasicrystal.

A solid with long-range structural order that lacks ordinary translational periodicity.

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Words that belong together

• a metallic quasicrystal
• quasicrystal structure

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The sample’s diffraction pattern identified it as a quasicrystal.

She explained why the quasicrystal was ordered without being conventionally periodic.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular quasicrystal; plural quasicrystals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.