liquid crystal

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Noun

liquid crystal (countable and uncountable, plural liquid crystals)

1. (chemistry, physics) A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.
   1. Material in that phase.

Derived terms

• liquid crystal display

Translations

phase of matter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 液晶 (zh) (yèjīng)

• Czech: tekutý krystal (cs) m
• Estonian: vedelkristall
• Finnish: nestekide (fi)
• French: cristal liquide (fr) m
• Galician: cristal líquido m
• German: Flüssigkristall m
• Hungarian: folyadékkristály (hu)
• Japanese: 液晶 (ja) (ekishō)
• Korean: 액정 (ko) (aekjeong)
• Polish: ciekły kryształ m inan
• Romanian: cristal lichid n
• Russian: жи́дкий криста́лл (ru) m (žídkij kristáll)
• Spanish: cristal líquido m
• Swedish: flytande kristall c

See also

• nematic
• smectic
• discotic
• lyotropic