Meanings
adjectivetactoidlike (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving the characteristics of a tactoid
At equilibrium, large millimetric drops are tactoidlike, elongated along the director of the surrounding nematic fluid.
2016, Kanakapura S. Krishnamurthy, Pramoda Kumar, Nani B. Palakurthy, Channabasaveshwar V. Yelamaggad, Epifanio G. Virga, “Interfacial and morphological features of a twist-bend nematic drop”, in arXiv
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