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viscoelasticity

noun

Etymology

From visco- + elasticity.

  1. derived from ἐλαστός
  2. derived from elasticus
  3. borrowed from élastique
  4. formed as elasticity — “elastic + -ity”
  5. prefixed as viscoelasticity — “visco + elasticity”

Definitions

  1. The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic.

  2. The branch of rheology that studies such materials.

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