Crystals {liquid crystal}| {dynamic scattering liquid crystal} (LCD) can have regularity in only one or two dimensions, allowing unit cells to slide past each other in third dimension. Liquid crystals are anisotropic, flow in sheets or steps, and are asymmetric molecules. Numbers can display electronically using reflected or transmitted light, as electric field makes crystal tinted, and no electric field makes crystal transparent.
Liquid crystals {nematic crystal} can have linear crystals with regularity in only one dimension, are like threads with no planes, orient, and are not periodic.
Liquid crystals {smectic crystal} can have planar crystals with regularity in two dimensions, orient, and are not periodic.
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