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Webster 1913 Edition

Viscosity

Vis-cos′i-ty

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

viscosité

, LL.

viscositas

.]

1.

The quality or state of being viscous.

Webster 1828 Edition

Viscosity

VISCOS'ITY

,

Definition 2024

viscosity

viscosity

English

Noun

viscosity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural viscosities)

(uncountable) The state of being viscous.
(countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
(uncountable, psychology) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.

Antonyms

fluidity

Derived terms

Translations

state of being viscous

Catalan: viscositat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 粘性 (zh) ‎(niánxìng), 粘度 (zh) ‎(niándù)
Dutch: viscositeit (nl)
Finnish: viskoosisuus (fi)
French: viscosité (fr) f
Galician: viscosidade (gl) f
German: Zähflüssigkeit (de) f, Viskosität (de) f

Hindi: श्यानता (hi) f ‎(śyāntā)
Ido: viskozeso (io)
Japanese: 粘性 ‎(ねんせい, nensei), 粘度 ‎(ねんど, nendo)
Malay: kelikatan
Portuguese: viscosidade f
Russian: вя́зкость (ru) f ‎(vjázkostʹ)
Slovene: viskóznost f
Spanish: viscosidad f

physics: quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid

Bengali: সান্দ্রতা ‎(sandrôta)
Dutch: viscositeit (nl)
Finnish: viskositeetti (fi)
French: viscosité (fr) f
German: Viskosität (de) f
Greek: ιξώδες (el) n ‎(ixódes)
Hindi: श्यानता (hi) f ‎(śyāntā)

Japanese: 粘度 ‎(ねんど, nendo)
Malay: kelikatan
Portuguese: viscosidade f
Russian: вя́зкость (ru) f ‎(vjázkostʹ)
Slovene: viskóznost f
Swedish: viskositet (sv) c
Tagalog: lapuyot