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smectic

smec·tic [ sméktik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with molecules in parallel layers: describes materials such as liquid crystals whose liquid phase consists of elongated molecules arranged in layers and with their axes parallel to each other

[Late 17th century. Via Latin< Greek smēktikos< smēkhein "rub, cleanse"]
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