English: Description of the liquid crystal phase by comparison to others. At low temperatures, one would expect crystalline solids. At higher temperatures, one would expect disordered liquids. For some materials, at intermediate temperatures a liquid-crystal state is achieved, which has fluidity but crystal-like order.
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