cybotactic region

Also contains definition of: cosphere
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01490
That part of a solution in the vicinity of a solute molecule in which the ordering of the solvent molecules is modified by the presence of the solute molecule. The term solvent 'cosphere' of the solute has also been used.
See also:
solvation
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1103 [Terms] [Paper]