单词 | mesomorphous |
释义 | mesomorphousadj. 1. Botany. = mesomorphic adj. 4. rare. ΚΠ 1913 Jrnl. Ecol. 1 305 In the moister places several diageic herbs of mesomorphous or only slightly xeromorphous nature such as Cornus suecica and Trientalis europaea grow abundantly among chamaephytes. 1970 New Phytologist 69 456 The majority of species [of Labiatae and Verbenaceae] are mesomorphous herbs. 2. Physical Chemistry. = mesomorphic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > mesophases > [adjective] mesomorphic1923 mesomorphous1930 1930 Engineering 7 Nov. 575/3 The so-called liquid crystals of Lehmann, which he regards as mesomorphous crystals. 1972 P. A. Winsor in G. H. Brown & M. M. Labes Liquid Crystals 3 I. 66 An idealized phase diagram showing the relationships between the amorphous solution phase and the succession of fused mesomorphous solution phases found in binary amphiphile/water system[s] is shown. 1994 Physics Lett. A. 189 86 The dependence of mesomorphous states on the molecular biaxial parameter is discussed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1913 |
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