quasiparticle
noun
quasiparticle is a noun meaning “Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Q-U-A-S-I-P-A-R-T-I-C-L-E, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of quasiparticle is quasiparticles.
What does quasiparticle mean?
noun
- 1
Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of quasiparticle
- quasiparticles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is quasiparticle?
Quasiparticle appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Quasiparticle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | quasi-particule, quasiparticule |
| German | Quasiteilchen |
| Portuguese | quasipartícula |
| Spanish | cuasipartícula |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quasiparticle come from?
From quasi- + particle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).