liquid crystal

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noun

a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.

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Origin of liquid crystal

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby liquid crystal

liquid asset, liquidate, liquidation, liquidator, liquid compass, liquid crystal, liquid-crystal display, liquid ecstasy, liquid fire, liquid glass, liquid gold

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How to use liquid crystal in a sentence

Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.
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During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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How can a chilled, acidic, and bubbly liquid make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
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Slow at first, then steadily, a stream of liquid drips off the incision.
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The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
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Aristide stood gossiping until the Mayor invited him to take a place at the table and consume liquid refreshment.
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Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
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The soul of music which is embodied in them is imprisoned within wood and crystal, and is no more heard of men.
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Jessie had bought a galena crystal mounted, as that was more satisfactory, the book said.
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British Dictionary definitions for liquid crystal

liquid crystal

noun

a liquid that has some crystalline characteristics, such as the presence of different optical properties in different directions; a substance in a mesomorphic stateSee also smectic, nematic

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Scientific definitions for liquid crystal

liquid crystal

Any of various liquids in which molecules are regularly arrayed like a solid crystal along one or two dimensions, but are free in the other dimensions as with typical liquids. Liquid crystals often display unusual and often manipulable optical properties such as anisotropic scattering. See more at LCD.