cholesteric

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly
2. adjective Relating to cholesteric acid or its derivatives
3. noun Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal

Similar words

mesophase chiralic dissymmetrical homeotropic one-handed smectic semichiral homochiral hexachiral equichiral

Often followed by

liquid phase phases mesophase and structure helix pitch mesophases