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visc.

visc. is the abbreviation of viscosity.

visc. is the abbreviation of viscous.

Meaning of viscosity

Noun

viscosity (countable and uncountable, plural viscosities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being viscous.
    • Near-synonym: thickness
  2. (countable) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
    • The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds).2018 February 28, Alexander Klotz, “Microcannons firing Nanobullets”, in Softbites
  3. (uncountable) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.

Meaning of viscous

Adjective

viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)

  1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).
    • […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the...2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
    Antonyms:
    inviscid
  2. Of or pertaining to viscosity.
    • viscous coefficient

Proper noun capitalized: Visc.

Visc.

  1. (abbreviation, titular) Abbreviation of Viscount.
  2. (abbreviation, titular) Abbreviation of Viscountess.

Questions about visc.

What is visc. the abbreviation of?
Visc. is the abbreviation of viscosity.
What part of speech is visc.?
Visc. is a proper noun.

Words near visc. in the dictionary

  1. Visayas
  2. visbreaker
  3. visbreakers
  4. visbreaking
  5. Visby
  6. visc.
  7. visca
  8. viscaceous
  9. viscacha
  10. viscacha rat
  11. viscacha rats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: visc. (page history and authors); Visc. (page history and authors); viscosity (page history and authors); viscous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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