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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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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