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viscance

viscance noun: the amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system.

Noun

viscance (countable and uncountable, plural viscances)

  1. The amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system.
    • Figure 9 also shows the individual amounts of work performed in overcoming elasticity, tissue viscance, and airway resistance.1977, Physiological Systems Analysis for Engineers, page 14
    • In the intervening region of instability, airway viscance and parenchymal elastance are of the same order, and the derivative of P_A with respect to airway resistance is near its maximum.2002, Ron Chaim Anafi, Airway Bi-stability in a Model for the Constructed, page 58

Forms of viscance

pluralviscances

Questions about viscance

What does viscance mean?
Viscance means the amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system.
What part of speech is viscance?
Viscance is a noun.
What is the plural of viscance?
The plural of viscance is viscances.

Words near viscance in the dictionary

  1. viscacha rat
  2. viscacha rats
  3. viscachas
  4. viscachera
  5. viscacheras
  6. viscance
  7. viscances
  8. Viscarra
  9. Viscarras
  10. viscera
  11. visceral

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