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viscousness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Viscous  \Vis"cous\,  a.  [L.  viscosus.  See  {Viscid}.] 
  Adhesive  or  sticky,  and  having  a  ropy  or  glutinous 
  consistency;  viscid;  glutinous;  clammy;  tenacious;  as  a 
  viscous  juice.  --  {Vis"cous*ness},  n. 
 
  Note:  There  is  no  well-defined  distinction  in  meaning  between 
  viscous  and  viscid. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  viscousness 
  n  :  resistance  of  a  liquid  to  sheer  forces  (and  hence  to  flow) 
  [syn:  {viscosity}] 




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