hexatically

English

Etymology

From hexatic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

hexatically (not comparable)

1. As in hexatic liquid crystals
   • 2016, Barbara Gränz, Sergey E. Koshunov, Vadim B. Geshkenbein, Gianni Blatter, “Competing structures in two dimensions: square-to-hexagonal transition”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     At small but finite amplitude $V$, the hexagonal phase is distorted and hexatically locked at an angle of $\varphi \approx 3.8^{\circ }$ with respect to the substrate lattice.