Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nematic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: ne-mat-ic
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.

noun

A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.

Example Sentences

"It is easy to see, however, that the same coefficients in nematics determine the adiabatic deformations also."
"For low-molecular-weight nematics, it has been known that the constitutive equation of nematics is entirely different from that for isotropic liquids."
"Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in nematics could be classified according to the dependence of the threshold voltage (or field) on the physical parameters of the liquid crystal, cell geometry, field frequency, etc."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: νήματος

Inflected Forms

more nematic (comparative) most nematic (superlative) nematics (plural)

Derived Forms

ferronematic mononematic nematically nematicity paranematic supernematic

Phrases

nematic phase

Frequently Paired Words

cholesteric smectic

Questions

What does nematic mean?: Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
Where does nematic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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