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dilatancy

noun

Etymology

From dilate + -ancy or dilatant + -cy.

  1. derived from dīlātō
  2. derived from dīfferō
  3. borrowed from dīlātus
  4. inherited from dilaten
  5. suffixed as dilatancy — “dilate + ancy”

Definitions

  1. The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space…

    The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.

  2. The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with…

    The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA