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Cholesteric vs Cholesterin - What's the difference?

cholesteric | cholesterin |

As nouns the difference between cholesteric and cholesterin

is that cholesteric is any compound that forms such a liquid crystal while cholesterin is (organic compound) a white, fatty, crystalline substance found in animal and plant products and tissue, especially in nerve tissue, bile, and gallstones.

As an adjective cholesteric

is (physics) of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly.

cholesteric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (physics) Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly

    • See also

    * nematic * smectic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal

    • Anagrams

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    cholesterin

    English

    Noun

  • (organic compound) A white, fatty, crystalline substance found in animal and plant products and tissue, especially in nerve tissue, bile, and gallstones.
    • (Webster 1913)