liquid crystal

liquid crystal

English

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 Russian: жи́дкий криста́лл (ru) m (žídkij kristáll) Spanish: cristal líquido m Swedish: flytande kristall c

See also

• nematic
• smectic
• discotic
• lyotropic