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homeotropic

homeotropic adjective: describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface.

Adjective

homeotropic (comparative more homeotropic, superlative most homeotropic)

  1. Describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface

Forms of homeotropic

comparativemore homeotropic
superlativemost homeotropic

Words formed from homeotropic

Questions about homeotropic

What does homeotropic mean?
Homeotropic means describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface.
What part of speech is homeotropic?
Homeotropic is an adjective.

Words near homeotropic in the dictionary

  1. homeotransplant
  2. homeotransplantation
  3. homeotransplantations
  4. homeotransplants
  5. homeotrophic
  6. homeotropic
  7. homeotropically
  8. homeotype
  9. homeotypes
  10. homeotypic
  11. homeotypical

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