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homeotropically

homeotropically adverb: in a homeotropic manner.

Adverb

homeotropically (not comparable)

  1. In a homeotropic manner.
    • The change in birefringence changes the state of polarization of the light sufficiently to allow the light to pass through the second polarizer passes unaffected through regions of the homeotropically aligned liquid crystal since only n_⊥ is encountered.1973, Microtecnic, volume 27, page 354
    • In the case of homeotropically treated phase change dichroic LCDs, it quickly decays from 100% to <5% level instantaneously and then merges from 5% to zero level reasonably fast exhibiting almost no memory.1992, B Bahadur, Liquid Crystals — Applications and Uses, volume 3

Origin of homeotropically

From homeotropic + -ally.

Questions about homeotropically

What does homeotropically mean?
Homeotropically means in a homeotropic manner.
What part of speech is homeotropically?
Homeotropically is an adverb.

Words near homeotropically in the dictionary

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

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