NEMATIC


Meaning of NEMATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ni-ˈma-tik ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nemat- + -ic (I)

Date: 1923

: of, relating to, or being the phase of a liquid crystal characterized by arrangement of the long axes of the molecules in parallel lines but not layers — compare cholesteric , smectic

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.