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viscosity

/vi-skos-i-tee/US // vɪˈskɒs ɪ ti //UK // (vɪsˈkɒsɪtɪ) //

粘性,黏度,粘度,黏性

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vis·cos·i·ties.

    • : the state or quality of being viscous.
    • : Physics. the property of a fluid that resists the force tending to cause the fluid to flow.the measure of the extent to which a fluid possesses this property.

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Examples

  • That viscosity limit depends on the Planck constant, a number at the heart of quantum mechanics, the math that governs physics on very small scales.

  • He showed that the knots, links and writhing — ignoring the twisting — don’t lose their combined helicity to viscosity.

  • The lab has also developed various mixtures of magnetic particles and fluids that have “odd viscosity” — a sort of frictionless viscosity that enables waves to travel across the surface of the mixture without losing any energy.

  • For half a century it’s been known that vortex helicity is conserved in an ideal fluid — basically, a fluid that has no viscosity, meaning it offers no resistance to an object pushing through it.

  • That means its viscosity — how thick it is — changes when force is applied to it.

  • The oil pressure will vary according to weather conditions and viscosity of oil used.

  • By the old gravity systems, the flow of oil depended largely upon its viscosity, or thickness.

  • A viscous precipitate forms which frequently loses its viscosity when heat is applied.

  • The effect on gelation is also illustrated by the change of viscosity of the sol with time.

  • Both the suddenness of their formation and the slowness with which they widen are demonstrative of the non-viscosity of the ice.

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