Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 323 compound words that contain quasi. The most common are listed below. Open quasi in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- quasi-contractAn obligation of one party to another created by the law in the absence of an agreement; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties; typical cases include unjust enrichment, negotiorum gestio, and solutio indebiti.
- quasi-alliancea security arrangement that is not based on a formal defense pact, but on tacit agreements
- quasi-solidMatter apparently intermediate between solids and liquids.
- quasi-differentiableThat has a quasi-derivative.
- quasi-planeta body comparable to a planet, but not a planet, such as a dwarf planet or a planetary-mass moon
- quasi corporationAn entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation, but has not been granted separate legal personality by statute; especially, a public corporation with limited authority and powers, such as a county or school district.
- quasi-compactIn which has every open cover has a finite subcover.
- quasi-crystalAlternative form of quasicrystal: any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
- quasi-crystalsplural of quasi-crystal: any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
- quasi-derivativeA particular generalization of the derivative of a function between two Banach spaces.
- quasi-governmentalAlternative form of quasigovernmental: Having a certain degree of funding or influence from the government.
- quasi-judicialAlternative form of quasijudicial: Having a resemblance to a judicial system or process
- quasi-legislativePartly legislative.
- quasi-moneyAlternative form of quasimoney: Highly liquid assets, other than cash, that can easily be converted into cash.
- quasi-moonSynonym of quasi-satellite: An object in a specific type of coorbital configuration (1:1 orbital resonance) with a planet, causing it to stay close to the planet over many orbital periods, despite not being a true satellite.
- quasi-periodicAlternative spelling of quasiperiodic: Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
- quasi-probabilityA concept introduced in order to apply quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics
- quasi-rentThe income earned, in excess of post-investment opportunity cost, by a sunk cost investment.
- quasi-satelliteAn object in a specific type of coorbital configuration (1:1 orbital resonance) with a planet, causing it to stay close to the planet over many orbital periods, despite not being a true satellite.
- quasi-starAlternative form of 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 …
- quasi-realismThe noncognitivist metaethical view that although ethical sentences do not express propositions (and thus cannot be true or false), they nevertheless project emotional attitudes as though this could be the case.
- quasi-tortAn unusual tort action on the basis of a legal doctrine that some legal duty exists which cannot be classified strictly as negligence in a personal duty resulting in a tort, nor as a contractual duty resulting in a breach of contract, but …
- quasi-rentsplural of quasi-rent: The income earned, in excess of post-investment opportunity cost, by a sunk cost investment.
- quasi-fascistSynonym of para-fascist: Of or pertaining to para-fascism.
- quasi-judicial agencyAn agency of the executive branch that exercises some judicial functions and before which a minimum of due process is required.
Compound words 323
- quasarAn extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
- quasiregularHaving some regular characteristics.
- quasiconformalNearly, but not quite, conformal
- quasielasticAlmost, but not totally elastic
- quasiballisticSynonym of semiballistic: Being or relating to a missile of a kind that has a low trajectory and/or is largely ballistic but can perform maneuvers in flight or make unexpected changes in direction and range.
- quasimeromorphicDescribing a mapping that has some characteristics of a meromorphic one
- quasiracismPractices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.
- quasiscienceAn area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.
- quasistructuredPartially structured; having both structured and free-form elements.
- quasiuniformSomewhat uniform; partially uniform.