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nounresistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
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- gas the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- thin without viscosity
- poise a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- thinly without viscosity
- thinness a consistency of low viscosity
- semisolid partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid
- unit of viscosity a unit of measurement for viscosity
- viscometer a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity
- gelatinousness the property of having a viscosity like jelly
- spreading factor an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids