tactoidlike
adjEtymology From tactoid + -like.
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Having 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: