English Explanatory Dictionary

cholesteric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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
  1. Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal

Word forms

cholesteric more cholesteric most cholesteric cholesterics

Etymology

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

Related words

cholesterate nematic smectic
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