dilatancy

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noun
Definitions
  • The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
  • (physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

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Suffix from English dilate, dilatant.

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dilatant

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