viscous
adj.
sticky and thick, adhesive; having a high viscosity (Physics)
Viscosity
Viscosity is a measure of the
resistance of a
fluid to deform under either
shear stress or
extensional stress. It is commonly perceived as "thickness", or resistance to flow. Viscosity describes a fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be thought of as a measure of fluid
friction. Thus,
water is "thin", having a lower viscosity, while
vegetable oil is "thick" having a higher viscosity. All real fluids (except
superfluids) have some resistance to
stress, but a fluid which has no resistance to shear stress is known as an ideal fluid or inviscid fluid. The study of viscosity is known as
rheology.
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viscous
Adjective
1. having a relatively high resistance to flow
(synonym) syrupy
(similar) thick
2. having the properties of glue
(synonym) gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid
(similar) adhesive
Viscous
(a.)
Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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viscous
Synonyms and related words:
adhesive, amylaceous, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, clabbered, clammy, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clotted, coagulated, coarse, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, consolidated, corpulent, crammed, crammed full, crass, crowded, curdled, dense, doughy, fat, firm, full, full-bodied, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gross, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, hard, heavy, heavyset, impenetrable, impermeable, inspissated, jam-packed, jammed, jelled, jellied, jellylike, massive, mucilaginous, nonporous, packed, pasty, ropy, semifluid, serried, slab, slabby, slimy, slithery, solid, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, substantial, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thick-bodied, thick-growing, thickened, thickset, three-dimensional, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose
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