Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quasiparticle

1 sense of quasiparticle

Sense 1
quasiparticle -- (a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle)
       => quantum -- ((physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory))