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dilatant

dilatant adjective: tending to dilate, or causing dilation.

Adjective

dilatant (comparative more dilatant, superlative most dilatant)

  1. Tending to dilate, or causing dilation.
  2. Exhibiting dilatancy.

Noun

dilatant (plural dilatants)

  1. A dilator.
  2. A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

dilatant meaning in Bengali

dilatant in Bengali

প্রসারিত হতে প্রবণ, অথবা প্রসারণ ঘটায় এমন, ডাইলেট্যান্সি প্রদর্শনকারী, প্রসারক

Forms of dilatant

Adjective
comparativemore dilatant
superlativemost dilatant
Noun
pluraldilatants

Questions about dilatant

What does dilatant mean?
Dilatant means tending to dilate, or causing dilation.
What is dilatant in Bengali?
Dilatant in Bengali is প্রসারিত হতে প্রবণ, অথবা প্রসারণ ঘটায় এমন, ডাইলেট্যান্সি প্রদর্শনকারী. See Dilatant meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dilatant?
Dilatant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dilatant in the dictionary

  1. dilatabilities
  2. dilatability
  3. dilatable
  4. dilatancies
  5. dilatancy
  6. dilatant
  7. dilatants
  8. dilatate
  9. dilatated
  10. dilatates
  11. dilatating

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