adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to quasicrystals
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quasicrystalline
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adj
Meaning 2
Structurally similar to a crystal
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kw- Proto-Indo-European *kwís Proto-Italic *kwis Proto-Indo-European *kw- Proto-Indo-European *kwos Proto-Italic *kwoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English crystalline English quasicrystalline From quasi- + crystalline.
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- Italian: quasicristallino — related to quasicrystals
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