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rheopexic

rheopexic adjective: describing a gel for which the time of solidification after discontinuation of a relatively high shear rate, is reduced by applying a small shear rate.

Adjective

rheopexic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a gel for which the time of solidification after discontinuation of a relatively high shear rate, is reduced by applying a small shear rate

Forms of rheopexic

alternative formrheopectic

Origin of rheopexic

From rheopexy + -ic.

Questions about rheopexic

What does rheopexic mean?
Rheopexic means describing a gel for which the time of solidification after discontinuation of a relatively high shear rate, is reduced by applying a small shear rate.
What part of speech is rheopexic?
Rheopexic is an adjective.

Words near rheopexic in the dictionary

  1. rheoophthalmography
  2. rheopathologic
  3. rheopathological
  4. rheopectic
  5. rheopecty
  6. rheopexic
  7. rheopexy
  8. rheophil
  9. rheophile
  10. rheophiles
  11. rheophilia

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