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quasicrystal

noun
qua·​si·​crys·​tal | \ ˈkwā-ˌzī-ˌkri-stᵊl How to pronounce quasicrystal (audio) , -sī-, ˈkwä-zē-, -sē-\

Definition of quasicrystal

: a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure
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quasicrystalline \ ˈkwā-​ˌzī-​ˌkri-​stə-​lən How to pronounce quasicrystalline (audio) , -​sī-​ , ˈkwä-​zē-​ , -​sē-​ also  -​ˌlīn , -​ˌlēn \ adjective

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 Glotzer ultimately seeks the rules that govern emergence in general: a single framework for describing self-assembling quasicrystals, crystallizing proteins, or living cells that spontaneously arise from simple precursors. — Quanta Magazine, "‘Digital Alchemist’ Seeks Rules of Emergence," 8 Mar. 2017 Dense Bragg peaks have been seen before, in the diffraction patterns of quasicrystals, those strange materials discovered in the 1980s with symmetric but nonrepeating atomic arrangements. — Quanta Magazine, "A Chemist Shines Light on a Surprising Prime Number Pattern," 14 May 2018

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First Known Use of quasicrystal

1922, in the meaning defined above

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