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(physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity.
Use quasicrystal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quasicrystal means (physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity.
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