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Quasicrystal meaning
any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
Example sentences (6)
In order that the quasicrystal itself be aperiodic, this slice must avoid any lattice plane of the higher-dimensional lattice.
Nevertheless, there is a common feature observed in most quasicrystal-forming liquid alloys or their undercooled liquids: a local icosahedral order.
Originally, the new form of matter was dubbed "Shechtmanite". citation The term "quasicrystal" was first used in print by Steinhardt and Levine shortly after Shechtman's paper was published.
Other puzzling cases have been reported, but until the concept of quasicrystal came to be established, they were explained away or denied.
This natural quasicrystal exhibits high crystalline quality, equalling the best artificial examples.
While saying that the discovery of icosahedrite, the first quasicrystal found in nature, was important, Shechtman saw no practical applications.