Nematic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nematic is an adjective meaning (physics, chemistry, of certain liquid crystals) Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
Meaning
(physics, chemistry, of certain liquid crystals) Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
More Meanings
- A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
Example Sentences
It is easy to see, however, that the same coefficients in nematics determine the adiabatic deformations also.
For low-molecular-weight nematics, it has been known that the constitutive equation of nematics is entirely different from that for isotropic liquids.
Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in nematics could be classified according to the dependence of the threshold voltage (or field) on the physical parameters of the liquid crystal, cell geometry, field frequency, etc.
Word Forms
- nematics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mesophase, chiral, smectic, nematogenic, ferronematic, nanocolumnar.
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