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viscosity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Viscosity  \Vis*cos"i*ty\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  viscosit['e],  LL 
  viscositas.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  viscous. 
 
  2.  (Physics)  A  quality  analogous  to  that  of  a  viscous  fluid, 
  supposed  to  be  caused  by  internal  friction,  especially  in 
  the  case  of  gases. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  viscosity 
  n  :  resistance  of  a  liquid  to  sheer  forces  (and  hence  to  flow) 
  [syn:  {viscousness}] 




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