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viscous Definition

vis·cous (viskəs)

adjective

  1. having a cohesive and sticky fluid consistency; viscid
  2. Physics having viscosity

Etymology: ME viscouse < LL viscosus < L viscum, birdlime made from mistletoe berries, mistletoe, prob. < IE base *weis-: see virus

viscous Related Forms
vis·cously adverb vis·cous·ness noun
viscous Usage Examples

Preposition: than

  • water: It also has less charge, is less reactive and more viscous than bulk water.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: A blast of warm air can makes the resin less viscous an easier to apply.

Modifies a noun

  • damper: Damping is included by attaching a viscous damper to the mass.
  • dissipation: The practically important effects of viscous dissipation have been taken into account.
  • coupling: Subject: Viscous coupling Posted on: 04/09/2006 How do you determine if the fan viscous coupling is done for?
  • fluid: The bubbles then rest within a viscous fluid encased in a tough, flexible membrane.
  • liquid: A tanker on Wessex Way has been seen leaking a brown, viscous liquid.
  • drag: Why is viscous drag said to be proportional to velocity?

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: To a plankton animal smaller than a grain of rice, water is a highly viscous medium.
  • very: The very viscous " Jurassic Gel " is particularly useful for filling in larger cracks.
  • too: But this is to avoid the tedium; such candidate lists are just too viscous.
  • quite: Gear Driven Chain Oil Pump - chain oil is quite viscous, mechanical feed ensures a positive delivery.
  • not: Not all alloys are possible ( some are not viscous enough ).
  • sufficiently: Unless the metal is sufficiently viscous at its melting temperature, the foam will collapse before solidification.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: At a low temperature the product may become viscous.
viscous Quotes

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slipperyand thought is viscous.

—Adams, Henry Brooks

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