Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z quasiharmonicity The condition of being quasiharmonic. quasihelical Having certain aspects of a helix. quasihemidemisemiquaver A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note. quasihexagon A rough approximation of a hexagon quasihexagonal Having some hexagonal elements quasihistorical Having certain historical elements. quasihole A hole equivalent to the absence of a quasiparticle quasihomogeneous Having some homogeneous characteristics. quasihorizontal Approximately horizontal quasihydrostatic Treated as hydrostatic in nature, by ignoring other effects quasiidentity A kind of Horn clause, a generalization of identities. quasiinformation Synonym of misinformation. quasiisometric Apparently, or approximately isometric quasiisometry An equivalence relation that is an isometry when viewed at a large scale quasijudicial Having a resemblance to a judicial system or process quasilattice A non-periodic structure that exhibits long-range order without translational symmetry. quasilegal Legal to a certain extent or in a certain way; of dubious or tenuous legality. quasilegislative Having a resemblance to a legislative system or process. quasilikelihood An apparent likelihood quasilinear Very nearly linear. quasilinearity The state or condition of being quasilinear. quasilinearly In a quasilinear manner; almost linearly. quasilinguistic Having, or appearing to have, certain aspects or properties of linguistics; apparently, but not actually, linguistic. quasiliteracy The state of being almost, but not entirely literate. quasiliterate Almost, but not entirely literate. quasilocal Describing a ring that is not Noetherian quasilocalized Approximately localized quasilocally In a quasilocal manner quasimathematical Seemingly or speciously mathematical. quasimeasure A nonnegative increasing semiadditive set function defined on a ring of sets that is continuous above the origin and takes its values in the extended domain of real numbers. quasimedical Apparently or supposedly medical quasimeromorphic Describing a mapping that has some characteristics of a meromorphic one quasimesenchymal Apparently mesenchymal quasimetric A structure that satisfies most, but not all, axioms of a metric quasimicroscopic Apparently microscopic quasimilitary Having certain military aspects. quasiminimal Relating to a quasiminimum quasiminimality The property of being quasiminimal. quasimiraculous Almost miraculous; having aspects of miracle. quasimodal Of or relating to a quasimode. quasimode A mode that remains activated only through some constant action on the part of the user, such as holding down a certain key on the keyboard. Quasimodo The first Sunday after Easter Sunday. Quasimodogeniti Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”). quasimodular Being the holomorphic part of an almost holomorphic modular form. quasimodularity The property of being quasimodular. quasimolecular Having some characteristics of a molecule; relating to a quasimolecule quasimolecule A quasimolecular species quasimomentum crystal momentum quasimoney Synonym of near money. quasimonochromatic Almost, but not quite, monochromatic. quasimonoenergetic Approximately monoenergetic quasimonomorphic Apparently monomorphic quasimonopolistic Having certain aspects of a monopoly. quasimonotone Exhibiting weak monotonicity. Quasimoto A deformed or ugly person. quasimunicipal Having some, but not all, of the functions and powers of a municipal entity. quasimusical Having, or appearing to have, certain aspects or properties of music; apparently, but not actually, musical. quasineutral Whose bulk is more significant in terms of interactions than its edges, where boundary layer effects may occur. quasineutrality The state or condition of being quasineutral. quasineutron A quasiparticle equivalent to a neutron. quasinilpotent Of a bounded operator over a Hilbert space, having a spectrum containing only 0. quasinorm A function that has all the properties of a norm except the triangle inequality quasinormal Describing an oscillation whose amplification decreases exponentially quasinumerical Seemingly or speciously numerical. quasioptical Having some characteristics of an optical system or device quasiorder A preorder. quasiorganizational Somewhat organizational. quasipalindrome A quasipalindromic DNA sequence quasipalindromic Approximately palindromic (containing inverted repeats) quasiparallel Almost parallel. quasiparental Having or involving certain aspects of parenthood. quasiparticle Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles quasiparticulate Of or relating to quasiparticles. quasipartonic Of or relating to quasipartons. quasiperfect Having most, but not all perfect characteristics quasiperiodic Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals. quasiperiodically In a quasiperiodic manner quasiperiodicity The condition of being quasiperiodic quasipermanent Apparently permanent quasiperpendicular Partially perpendicular. quasipinning An approximation to pinning quasiplanar Having some characteristics of a planar system or device quasiplatonic Synonym of queerplatonic. quasipoisson describing a generalisation of a Poisson distribution quasipolynomial A generalization of a polynomial quasipornographic Having certain elements of pornography. quasipositive Describing a matrix, all of whose elements are nonnegative except for those on the main diagonal quasipotential A complex function of momentum and energy applied to an individual attractor in a complex system of multiple attractors quasiproton A quasiparticle equivalent to a proton quasipsychotic Apparently, but not actually, psychotic; suggesting psychosis. quasipublic Having some characteristics of a public system or organization. quasiquark A quasiparticle equivalent to a quark. quasiquotation The process of quasiquoting. quasiquote To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value. quasiquoter A software mechanism that quasiquotes. quasiracism Practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology. quasiracist Virtually racist; pertaining to or exhibiting quasiracism. quasirandom Apparently random, but produced by a non-random algorithm (typically from a given "seed") quasirandomised Describing a trial in which a quasirandom method is used to assign participants to groups quasirandomization The process of making something quasirandom quasirandomly In a quasirandom manner quasirandomness The quality of being quasirandom. quasirape Simulated rape, for example as a type of roleplay. quasireflexive Of a relation ~ on a set S: such that every element that is related to some element is also related to itself, i.e. ∀x,y∈S: x~y ⇒ x~x ∧ y~y. quasiregular Having some regular characteristics. quasiregularity The property of being quasiregular. quasiregularly In a quasiregular manner. quasirelativistic Describing a system that behaves as if it were relativistic quasireligious Almost, or as if, religious. quasireversibility A property of some queues, differing from reversibility in that a stronger condition is imposed on arrival rates and a weaker condition is applied on probability fluxes. quasireversible Apparently reversible quasirobotic Somewhat robotic; robotlike. quasiscience An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science. quasisemantic Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic. quasiseparable That becomes disconnected when a suitable subgraph is removed quasisexist Virtually or almost sexist. quasisexual Somewhat or seemingly sexual. quasisimple Being a perfect central extension of a simple group S. quasisocial Having some social features without being truly social. quasisolid semisolid quasisolution A generalized solution to certain ill-posed problems that is well-posed in the sense of Hadamard. quasispecies A group of organisms once (but no longer) thought to be a separate species (and sometimes given such a name) quasispherical Having some spherical characteristics quasispheroidal Almost, but not quite spheroidal. quasispin A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles that exhibit collective behavior. quasisplit Describing a polynomial or group etc that has some characteristics of a split system. quasisquare Almost, but not quite square. quasistability The quality of being quasistable. quasistable Temporarily stable quasistar A theoretical early universe object, with the outer layers of a star and a black hole for a stellar core. Theorized to be born of an ultramassive pre-stellar nebula collapse to an ultramassive protostar, and later birthing an intermediate mass black hole when the star's life ends. quasistate A geopolitical state-like entity that does not represent a fully autonomous sovereign state. quasistatic Happening so slowly as to appear to be static quasistatically In a quasistatic manner quasistationarity The condition of being quasistationary quasistationary Almost stationary. quasisteady Almost steady. quasistellar Similar to a star. quasistochastic Having certain stochastic or stochastic-like aspects. quasistraight Almost, but not quite straight. quasistructured Partially structured; having both structured and free-form elements. quasisymmetric Almost but not quite symmetric. quasisymmetry A mapping that preserves shape but allows size to change in a well-defined manner. quasisynchronous Describing asynchronous communication that is almost indistinguishable from synchronous quasisynchronously In a quasisynchronous manner quasit A small horned humanoid demon with a long tail. quasite A theoretical type of artificial satellite equipped with large solar sails for maneuvering. It is capable of maintaining a stable solar orbit at speeds lower than standard Keplerian velocity, though it lacks the necessary solar sail area to completely hold a stationary position. quasithermodynamic Having some thermodynamic characteristics quasithin Of a group: being a finite simple group that resembles a group of Lie type of rank at most 2 over a field of characteristic 2. quasitopological Semitopological, and such that the function mapping elements to their inverses is also continuous. quasitoric Describing a smooth 2n-dimensional manifold that admits a smooth, locally standard action of an n-dimensional torus, with orbit space an n-dimensional simple convex polytope.