cybotactic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing the region around a solute molecule (the cosphere) in which the solvent molecules are more ordered
  2. Describing an assembly of molecules in a nematic mesophase that is arranged in a short-range smectic-like array

Word forms

cybotactic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube”) + -tactic.

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