Associations to the word «Steric»

Wiktionary

STERIC, adjective. (chemistry) Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space.
STERIC, adjective. Of the repulsion of atoms due to closeness or arrangement
STERIC HINDRANCE, noun. (chemistry) Any of several effects, most common in organic chemistry, in which the structure or reactivity of a molecule is affected by the physical size and proximity of neighbouring parts of the molecule.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin