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liquid crystal
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liquid crystal
n.
Any of various liquids in which the atoms or molecules are regularly arrayed in either one dimension or two dimensions, the order giving rise to optical properties, such as anisotropic scattering, associated with the crystals.
liquid crystal
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a liquid that has some crystalline characteristics, such as the presence of different optical properties in different directions; a substance in a mesomorphic state See also smectic, nematic
liquid crystal
Any of various liquids in which molecules are regularly arrayed like a solid crystal along one or two dimensions, but are free in the other dimensions as with typical liquids. Liquid crystals often display unusual and often manipulable optical properties such as anisotropic scattering. See more at LCD.
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Noun1.liquid crystal - a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids
liquid - fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
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