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dilatant

dilatant

English

Adjective

dilatant (comparative more dilatant, superlative most dilatant)

  1. Tending to dilate, or causing dilation
  2. (physics) Exhibiting dilatancy

Noun

dilatant (plural dilatants)

  1. A dilator.
  2. (physics) A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

Catalan

Verb

dilatant

  1. present participle of dilatar

French

Verb

dilatant

  1. present participle of dilater

Latin

Verb

dīlātant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dīlātō