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smectic definition

smec·tic (smek′tik)

adjective

designating or of a kind of liquid crystal in which the molecules form layers, with the molecules ordered or disordered within each layer

Etymology: < L smecticus, cleansing < Gr smēktikos < smēktos, smeared (< smēchein, to wipe off: for IE base see smite) + -ikos, -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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