or common electrode 82 which is centered on therebetween fig1 a shows a degree of freedom for liquid crystal molecule 80 with respect to a second rubbing direction 102 in a first state alignment off state the liquid crystal molecule 80 is aligned corresponding to the second rubbing direction 102 which is preferably perpendicular to the common and pixel electrodes 82 and 86 of fig1 as shown the liquid crystal molecule 80 can rotate right or left which means that the degree of freedom of the liquid crystal molecule 80 is two on the contrary the liquid crystal molecules 80 may be a negative liquid crystal instead of the positive liquid crystal in this case as shown in fig1 b a first rubbing direction 100 which is parallel to the common electrodes 82 and pixel electrodes 86 is used instead of the second rubbing direction 102 of fig1 a the right and left rotating liquid crystal molecules respectively are included in first and second domains of the multi domain the fifth preferred embodiment of fig2 is different from the third preferred embodiment of fig1 in that a chevron shaped dielectric protrusion 198 is alternately bent only at crossing points with a plurality of common electrodes 62 therefore in an on state liquid crystal molecules 80 are divided into first and second liquid crystal portions 80 a and 80 b with each common electrode 62 centered therebetween the first and second liquid crystal portions.