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Resistance of a liquid to sheer forces (and hence to flow)
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viscosity
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French viscosite (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin viscositatem (nominative viscositas ), from Late Latin viscosus (see viscous ).
Wikipedia
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In object oriented programming , viscosity refers to the ease at which a developer can add design-preserving code to a system. If it is easier to add a hack than it is to add code that fits into the program's design, then the system has high viscosity. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being viscous. 2 (context countable physics English) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow. 3 (context uncountable ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. resistance of a liquid to sheer forces (and hence to flow) [syn: viscousness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Viscosity \Vis*cos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. viscosit['e], LL. viscositas.] The quality or state of being viscous. (Physics) A property possessed by a viscous fluid, being a resistance to the forces causing a fluid to flow, caused by interactions between the ...
Usage examples of viscosity.
Our disk model uses a quasi-linear viscosity parameterization that does not extrapolate well into the impending regime of extreme mass transfer.
Plus, aerodynamicists realized that air has a certain viscosity, and if you were the size of a bug, the air would seem thick.
I recall offhand, Tywood has published papers on the effect of liquid viscosity on the wings of the Rayleigh line, on higher-orbit field equations, and on spin-orbit coupling of two nucleons, but his main work is on quadrupole moments.
A mixture of sand and fine brown adobe clays and gray caliche, it had the texture, viscosity, and crippling powers of a tar pit.
Arlo perused prices, hefted weights, compared viscosities, his thoughts meanwhile cascading, plunging, avalanching down corridors of cunning.
With the drag on her keel reduced to a small percentage of its normal coefficient of viscosity, the ship began to accelerate to speeds that left her escorts standing still by comparison.
Viscosity is the gooeyness of a substance, though there are more scientific definitions.
The low molecular weight of gases causes them to evaporate first, but their viscosity is quite low and carries the heavier silicone oil into very thin spaces.
He had told no one, not even his uncle, that he had refused to abandon his theory, spending years researching the various viscosities of different dyes and ranges of UV light.
Instead of offering the same product nationally, however, it sells two different viscosities, having found that Pennsylvanians, for some regional reason, prefer their syrup thicker than other Americans.
Anastasia directed, and closing my eyes at her instruction, I explored with my fingertips all her surfaces and apertures, comparing their textures, temperatures, moistnesses, firmnesses, viscosities, and the like.
For example, the operator needs to control the viscosity gradient by appropriate settings of the water coolers along the process line.