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quasi particle

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qua⋅si⋅par⋅ti⋅cle

[kwey-zahy-pahr-ti-kuhl, kwey-sahy-, kwah-see, -zee-]
–noun Physics.
an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.

Origin:
1955–60; quasi- + particle
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