mesoformn.
/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɔːm/, U.S. /ˈmɛzəˌfɔrm/; see also meso- comb. form. Physical Chemistry. Now rare.
= mesophase n.
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1933 Trans. Faraday Soc. 29 1008 For a mesoform to appear, it is necessary for these [binding] forces to persist in either one or two dimensions after loosening of the third.
1946 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VII. 350/2 Some substances show only one of these mesophases; some show both, in which case the smectic is always the lower-temperature form. The matter is somewhat complicated, however, by the existence of substances which show three, four, and even five mesoforms.
1985 Polymer 26 1971 Spherulite formation in poly(bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene) has been investigated from the melt and from solution... Three polymorphic forms and one mesoform are [printed is] found.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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