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comparative more nematic, superlative most nematic
(physics, chemistry, of certain liquid crystals) Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines. examples
plural nematics
A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines. quotations examples
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
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