Side-Group or Side-Chain Polymer Liquid-Crystal. Side-Group or Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Polymer. Polymer With Mesogenic Side-Groups or Side-Chains. Comb-Shaped (Comb-Like) Polymer Liquid-Crystal (SGPLC, SCPLC, SGLCP, SCLCP)

The document first gives definitions of basic terms related to liquid-crystalline and mesomorphic states of matter and then terms specific to the classification of liquid-crystal polymers. The terms have been restricted to those most commonly encountered in the structural description of the latter class of materials.