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Definition of Smectic
1. Adjective. (chemistry physics) Describing a class of liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers ¹
2. Noun. Such a liquid crystal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smectic
1. pertaining to a phase of a liquid crystal [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smectic
Literary usage of Smectic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. JTEC Panel Report on Display Technologies in Japan (1993)
"Ferroelectric LCDs are smectic liquid crystals that have a natural layered order.
... The alignment layers cause a perpendicular alignment of the smectic ..."
2. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"In the two-dimensional ("smectic") case the elongate lipid molecules also have
freedom of rotation and of lateral, but not longitudinal, translation; ..."
3. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"In the two-dimensional ("smectic") case the elongate lipid molecules also have
freedom of rotation and of lateral, but not longitudinal, translation; ..."
4. Lectures on Mineralogy by Thomas Egleston (1872)
"The third variety constitutes the varieties known as fuller's earth or smectic
clays. They can be almost entirely attacked by acids and alkalies, ..."
5. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1872)
"... known as fuller's earth or smectic clays. They can be almost entirely attacked
by acids and alkalies, and are scarcely at all plastic. ..."
6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"The reddish-brown smectic clay, from which the Turkish pipes are manufactured
without being exposed to the fire, also belongs to the tertiary formation, ..."
7. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"In water they do not fall to pieces, and are not at all plastic, but they absorb
water and become much more transparent. Like the smectic clays, ..."
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