quasilattice

English

Etymology

quasi- +‎ lattice

Noun

quasilattice (plural quasilattices)

1. (mathematics) A non-periodic structure that exhibits long-range order without translational symmetry.
   • 2016, Latham Boyle, Paul J. Steinhardt, “Reflection Quasilattices and the Maximal Quasilattice”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Here we prove that reflection quasilattices only exist in dimensions two, three and four, and we prove that there is a unique reflection quasilattice in dimension four: the "maximal reflection quasilattice" in terms of dimensionality and symmetry.