The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cholesteric
Cholesteric \Cho`les*ter"ic\, a. [Cf. F. cholest['e]rique.]
Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as,
cholesteric acid.
--Ure.
Wiktionary
cholesteric
a. (context physics English) Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly n. Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal