quasicrystallineadj.
/ˌkweɪzʌɪˈkrɪstəlʌɪn/, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈkrɪstl̩ʌɪn/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈkrɪstəlʌɪn/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈkrɪstl̩ʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌkwɑziˈkrɪstələn/, /ˌkwɑziˈkrɪstəˌlaɪn/, /ˌkweɪzaɪˈkrɪstələn/, /ˌkweɪzaɪˈkrɪstəˌlaɪn/ Almost or partly crystalline; possessing some but not all of the properties of a crystal; spec. of, relating to, or of the nature of a quasicrystal.
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1877 H. H. Higgins Notes Field-naturalist 38 It should assume a mineral, quasi-crystalline condition, as in coal.
1919 Nature 23 Oct. 153/1 I have recently observed that ‘silica glass’ possesses a remarkable crystalline or quasi-crystalline structure when examined in the polariscope.
1949 A. S. Crafts et al. Water in Physiol. Plants iii. 29 Forces of coordination resulting from hydrogen bonds tend to hold water in a quasi-crystalline lattice.
1991 Sci. Amer. Apr. 26/1 In some sense, these quasicrystals provide a link between quasicrystalline and crystalline order.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. x. 418 The steel contains quasicrystalline precipitates which are particularly stable against Ostwald ripening.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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