(chemistry) Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space. / of the repulsion of atoms due to closeness or arrangement

In a steric manner

steric

(chemistry) steric effects in chemistry (or the study of such effects)

(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.

plural of steric hindrance

(biochemistry, of an enzyme or molecule) That binds a compound on an outside position.