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| smec·tic [ sméktik ] |
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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
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| [Late 17th century. Via Latin< Greek smēktikos< smēkhein "rub, cleanse"] |
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