LIQUID CRYSTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liquid crystal mean? 

• LIQUID CRYSTAL (noun)
  The noun LIQUID CRYSTAL has 1 sense:

1. a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids

  Familiarity information: LIQUID CRYSTAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIQUID CRYSTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("liquid crystal" is a kind of...):

liquid (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)

 Context examples 

One of the advantages of these materials is that we can selectively activate portions of a structure and control them using localized or focused light and unlike other light actuated materials based on liquid crystals, these materials can be fashioned to move either toward, or away from the direction of the light.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)