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nematic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).

Meanings

1. (of certain liquid crystals) Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.

Forms

Deriveds

mononematic · paranematic · nematic phase · nematically · ferronematic · supernematic · nematicity

Relateds

cholesteric · smectic

Translations (6)

ja ネマティック (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines) · fr nématique (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines) · it nematico (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines) · ko 네마틱 (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines) · fi nemaattinen (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines) · sv nematisk (whose molecules align in loose parallel lines)

nematic en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).

Meanings

1. A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
   • 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. 1996, Lev M. Blinov, Vladimir G. Chigrinov, Electrooptic Effects in Liquid Crystal Materials, page 274:
   • It is easy to see, however, that the same coefficients in nematics determine the adiabatic deformations also. 1984, L D Landau, L. P. Pitaevskii, A. M. Kosevich, E.M. Lifshitz, Theory of Elasticity, volume 7, page 147:
   • For low-molecular-weight nematics, it has been known that the constitutive equation of nematics is entirely different from that for isotropic liquids. 1988, Masao Doi, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, page 368:

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