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CHAPTER 2 ORDER PARAMETERS AND MOLECULAR PROPERTIES 2.1 Orientational order: distribution functions and order parameters 2.2 Measurements and values for selected order parameters 2.3 Quantitative representation of molecular shape and liquid crystal properties 2.4 Measurements and calculation of dipole moments, quadrupole moments and polarisabilities of mesogenic molecules 2.1 Orientational order: distribution functions and order parameters G.R. Luckhurst July 2000 A INTRODUCTION The defining characteristic of a liquid crystal is its long range orientational order. That is, particular axes set