viscosity

  • 61viscosity cup — A special cup of conical shape with a calibrated bore at the bottom. When filled with paint, the paint will flow out at the bottom of the cup in a determined time. To adjust the viscosity, thinners are added to the paint until the cup contents… …

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  • 62viscosity breaking — noun : a process of lowering the viscosity especially of heavy straight run residues in petroleum refining by mild cracking …

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  • 63viscosity — n. [L. viscidus, sticky] The resistance of a fluid to flow due to adherence of particles of one to another; viscous adj …

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  • 64viscosity — noun a) The state of being viscous. b) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform …

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  • 65Viscosity — Вязкость; коэффициент вязкости; Липкость, клейкость; Вязкость …

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  • 66viscosity —   lit. how resistant a substance is to a change in form. In geography, mostly applied to lavas. Highly viscous lavas do not change form easily and therefore flow very slowly …

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  • 67viscosity —    1. The resistance of liquid to flow [16].    2. The property of a real fluid creating shear forces between two fluid elements and giving rise to fluid friction [16].    Specifically, it is the ratio of the shear stress to the rate of shear… …

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  • 68viscosity — Synonyms and related words: adhesiveness, bullheadedness, clabbering, clamminess, closeness, clotting, coagulation, cohesiveness, colloidality, compactness, congestedness, congestion, consistence, consistency, crowdedness, curdling, denseness,… …

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  • 69viscosity — Смотри Вязкость …

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  • 70viscosity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stickiness, viscidity, mucosity, sliminess; see coherence 1 , thickness 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cohesiveness, stickiness, tackiness, adhesion, viscidity, gumminess, pastiness. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun… …

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