nematic
adjEtymology
From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
- derived from νήματος
Definitions
Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nematic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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