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viscidity

/vis-id/US // ˈvɪs ɪd //UK // (ˈvɪsɪd) //

粘性,黏度,黏性,粘度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
    • : Botany. covered by a sticky substance.

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Examples

  • The consistence very much resembles milk, only it is thicker and viscid.

  • It had the appearance of a viscid fluid, tapering in its descent, proceeding from the cloud to join the sea.

  • Madame Merian has figured an onisciform one, the legs of which, she says, are covered with a viscid skin: this produced a Noctua.

  • A strange mass was covering the top of the earth-borer—something that looked like a heap of viscid, whitish jelly.

  • Chlorine gas immediately decomposes it, producing a viscid mass.