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quasicrystalline

Variant of quasicrystal

noun

Physics 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

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quasicrystalline adjective

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