smectic

Japanese: smectic
smectic

...Their molecular formulas are shown in Figure 1. In addition, about 20 types of phases are known based on the arrangement of these molecules, but the basic forms are smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and discotic. Smectic comes from the Greek word meaning soap-like.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "smectic" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…それらの分子式を図1に示す。また,これらの分子の並び方から約20種類の相が知られているが,その基本形はスメクティックsmectic,ネマティックnematic,コレステリックcholesteric,ディスコティックdiscoticである。スメクティックはセッケン状という意味のギリシア語に由来している。…

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