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cholesteric

cholesteric adjective: of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly.

Adjective

cholesteric (comparative more cholesteric, superlative most cholesteric)

  1. Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly
  2. Relating to cholesteric acid or its derivatives

Noun

cholesteric (plural cholesterics)

  1. Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal

Forms of cholesteric

Adjective
comparativemore cholesteric
superlativemost cholesteric
Noun
pluralcholesterics

Origin of cholesteric

From cholesterol, in whose crystals it was first observed, + -ic.

Questions about cholesteric

What does cholesteric mean?
Cholesteric means of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly.
What part of speech is cholesteric?
Cholesteric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cholesteric in the dictionary

  1. cholestenones
  2. cholesteraemia
  3. cholesteraemic
  4. cholesterate
  5. cholesterates
  6. cholesteric
  7. cholesterics
  8. cholesteride
  9. cholesterides
  10. cholesterin
  11. cholesterinaemia

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