Cholesteric Definition

kōlĭ-stĕrĭk, kə-lĕstə-rĭk
adjective
Designating or of a kind of liquid crystal which is characterized by a screwlike structure and great optical activity.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are closely aligned within a distinct series of layers, with the axes of the molecules lying parallel to the plane of the layers and with the orientation of molecules in adjacent layers rotated slightly.
American Heritage
noun

Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal.

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Other Word Forms of Cholesteric

Noun

Singular:
cholesteric
Plural:
cholesterics

Origin of Cholesteric

  • From cholesterol, in whose crystals it was first observed

    From Wiktionary

  • cholester(ol) –ic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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