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MESOMORPHOUS [1 record]

Record 1 2008-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Physics of Solids
DEF

Relating to, existing in, or being an intermediate state (as of a semicrystalline condition characteristic of liquid crystals).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Physique des solides
DEF

Se dit d'un état de la matière entre l'état amorphe et l'état cristallin.

OBS

L'état amorphe de la matière est caractérisé par l'absence d'ordre dans la répartition des particules : molécules, atomes ou ions, qui la constituent; il s'oppose à l'état cristallisé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Física de los sólidos
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