mesomorphism Physical Chem.
(mɛsəʊˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m, miːzəʊ-)
[f. mesomorphic a. + -ism.]
The state of being mesomorphic.
| 1933 [see lyotropic a. 2]. 1969 J. S. Dave et al. in G. H. Brown et al. Liquid Crystals 2 II. 229 The authors have investigated mixed mesomorphism in the binary mixtures wherein one of the components is a pure smectic mesomorph and the other a non-liquid crystalline Schiff's base. |