Cholesteric
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cholesteric is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) Relating to cholesteric acid or its derivatives.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Relating to cholesteric acid or its derivatives.
More Meanings
- Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal
- (physics) 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
Word Forms
- cholesterics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mesophase, chiralic, dissymmetrical, homeotropic, one-handed, smectic.
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