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viscoelasticity

viscoelasticity noun: the property of a material that is both viscous and elastic, or degree to which this is the case.

Noun

viscoelasticity (countable and uncountable, plural viscoelasticities)

  1. The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic, or degree to which this is the case.
  2. (uncountable) The branch of rheology that studies such materials.

Forms of viscoelasticity

pluralviscoelasticities

Origin of viscoelasticity

From visco- + elasticity.

Words formed from viscoelasticity

Questions about viscoelasticity

What does viscoelasticity mean?
Viscoelasticity means the property of a material that is both viscous and elastic, or degree to which this is the case.
What part of speech is viscoelasticity?
Viscoelasticity is a noun.
What is the plural of viscoelasticity?
The plural of viscoelasticity is viscoelasticities.

Words near viscoelasticity in the dictionary

  1. viscocanalostomy
  2. viscoelastic
  3. viscoelastic-plastic
  4. viscoelastically
  5. viscoelasticities
  6. viscoelasticity
  7. viscoelasticplastic
  8. viscoelastics
  9. viscoelastometric
  10. viscoelastometry
  11. viscoelastoplastic

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