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11liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, esp. different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field. [1890 95] * * * Substance that flows like a liquid but maintains some of the ordered structure… …
12phase diagram — Chem. a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system. [1910 15] * * * ▪ physics graph showing the limiting conditions for solid, liquid, and… …
13Liquid helium — Helium exists in liquid form only at very low temperatures. The boiling point and critical point depend on the isotope of the helium; see the table below for values. The density of liquid helium at its boiling point and 1 atm is approximately… …
14Liquid rocket — A liquid rocket is a rocket with an engine that uses propellants in liquid form. Liquids are desirable because their reasonably high density allows the volume and hence the mass of the tanks to be relatively low, resulting in a high mass ratio.… …
15Liquid crystal thermometer — A liquid crystal thermometer or plastic strip thermometer is a type of thermometer that contains heat sensitive (thermochromic) liquid crystals in a plastic strip that change color to indicate different temperatures. [http://kicp… …
16Liquid crystal on silicon — Conceptual diagram of the LCoS technology. Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS or LCOS) is a micro projection or micro display technology typically applied in projection televisions. It is a reflective technology similar to DLP projectors; however,… …
17phase rule — Physical Chem. a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three… …
18phase rule — noun : a law in physical chemistry: the number of degrees of freedom of a system in equilibrium is equal to the number of components minus the number of phases plus the constant two (as in the system ice liquid water water vapor consisting of the …
19High-performance liquid chromatography — An HPLC. From left to right: A pumping device generating a gradient of two different solvents, a steel enforced column and an apparatus for measuring the absorbance. Acronym HPLC Classification Chromatography …
20Lyotropic liquid crystal — A liquid crystalline material is called lyotropic if phases having long ranged orientational order are induced by the addition of a solvent. Historically the term was used to describe materials composed of amphiphilic molecules. Such molecules… …
