cybotactic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube”) +‎ -tactic.

Adjective

cybotactic (not comparable)

  1. (physical chemistry) Describing the region around a solute molecule (the cosphere) in which the solvent molecules are more ordered
  2. (physical chemistry) Describing an assembly of molecules in a nematic mesophase that is arranged in a short-range smectic-like array
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