SMECTIC

Etymology

Adjective

smectic (not comparable)

(rare) Cleansing.

(rare) Astringent; detergent.

(chemistry, physics) Describing a class of liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.

Noun

smectic (plural smectics)

A liquid crystal having the molecules aligned in this way.

Source: Wiktionary



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SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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