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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King