QUASIPARTICLE


Meaning of QUASIPARTICLE in English

/kway'zuy pahr"ti keuhl, kway'suy-, kwah'see, -zee-/ , n. Physics.

an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.

[ 1955-60; QUASI- + PARTICLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .