NEMATIC


Meaning of NEMATIC in English

/ni mat"ik/ , adj. Physical Chem. (of liquid crystals)

noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear. Cf. smectic .

[ 1920-25; NEMAT- + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .