viscous
11viscous — adj. Viscous is used with these nouns: ↑liquid, ↑substance …
12viscous — vis|cous [ vıskəs ] adjective TECHNICAL a viscous liquid is thick and sticky …
13viscous — [ vɪskəs] adjective having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity. Derivatives viscously adverb viscousness noun Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. viscous or late L. viscosus, from L. viscum birdlime …
14viscous — adjective technical a viscous liquid is thick and sticky and does not flow easily viscosity noun (U) …
15viscous — UK [ˈvɪskəs] / US adjective a viscous liquid is thick and sticky …
16viscous — [ˈvɪskəs] adj technical a viscous liquid is thick and sticky viscosity [vɪsˈkɒsəti] noun [U] …
17viscous — adj. 1 glutinous, sticky. 2 semifluid. 3 Physics having a high viscosity; not flowing freely. Derivatives: viscously adv. viscousness n. Etymology: ME f. AF viscous or LL viscosus (as VISCID) …
18Viscous fingering — is the formation of patterns in a morphologically unstable interface between two fluids in a porous medium or in a Hele Shaw cell. It occurs when a less viscous fluid in injected displacing a more viscous one (in the inverse situation, with the… …
19viscous damping — noun (physics) An opposing force proportional to velocity, eg that resulting from viscosity of oil • • • Main Entry: ↑viscous …
20viscous flow — noun A type of fluid flow in which there is a continuous steady motion of the particles, the motion at a fixed point always remaining constant • • • Main Entry: ↑viscous …
