ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Viscosity', Synonyms of 'Viscosity' & More on 'Viscosity'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

viscosity
    n 1: resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
         [syn: viscosity, viscousness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Viscosity \Vis*cos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. viscosit['e], LL.
   viscositas.]
   1. The quality or state of being viscous.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physics) A property possessed by a viscous fluid, being a
      resistance to the forces causing a fluid to flow, caused
      by interactions between the molecules of the fluid and
      between the fluid and the walls of the conduit through
      which it moves; also, a measure of such a property.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

Thesaurus Results for viscosity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adhesiveness, bullheadedness, clabbering, clamminess, closeness, clotting, coagulation, cohesiveness, colloidality, compactness, congestedness, congestion, consistence, consistency, crowdedness, curdling, denseness, density, doughiness, firmness, gelatinity, gelatinousness, gluelikeness, gluiness, glutinosity, glutinousness, gumlikeness, gumminess, hardness, heaviness, impenetrability, impermeability, imporosity, incompressibility, incrassation, inspissation, jammedness, jellification, jellylikeness, lentor, mucilaginousness, obstinacy, pastiness, persistence, persistency, relative density, retention, ropiness, slabbiness, sliminess, snugness, solidity, solidness, specific gravity, spissitude, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness, stodginess, stringiness, stubbornness, syrupiness, tackiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, thickening, thickness, tightness, toughness, treacliness, viscidity, viscousness

Common Misspellings >