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quasiparticle: Meaning and Definition of
qua•si•par•ti•cle
Pronunciation: (kwā"zī-pär'ti-kul, kwā"sī-, kwä"sē, -zē-), [key] — n. Physics.
- an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
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