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- adjective chemistry, medicine Becoming a
fluid whenagitated butsolid or semi-solid when allowed tostand .
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As with all of these pens, the ink is pressurized (so that it works in low-g, as well as upside down, etc), and uses "thixotropic ink," which can write on plastic, metal or even wet surfaces.
Boing Boing 2007
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At the Science Centre we created a thixotropic mixture of corn starch and water.
Robot receptionists ewillett 2007
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As Allgeyer points out (and as I remember pointing out back when I worked at the Saskatchewan Science Centre), ketchup exhibits thixotropic tendencies.
Robot receptionists ewillett 2007
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A thixotropic substance is not one that is thick, though that does seem to apply to ketchup.
Robot receptionists ewillett 2007
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I still like thixotropic better towards the bottom of the page.
Lovely sunny sunshine accommodatingly 2004
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If we get caught in this damned thixotropic mud when the surface waves get here—
Firestorm L.A Graf 2000
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Fumed silica is an ultra-fine, high-purity particle used as a reinforcing, thickening, abrasive, thixotropic, suspending, or anti-caking agent.
unknown title 2011
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The thixotropic, non-sag, properties allow easy dispensing on unlevel or vertical surfaces.
ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News ThomasNet News 2010
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These micro-dispensing systems are characterised by the following properties: single-drop volumes from 10 to 200 nano-litres; dispensing frequencies up to 100Hz; a dispensing accuracy of less than one per cent; and media viscosities up to 200,000mPas (thixotropic).
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These micro-dispensing systems are characterised by the following properties: single-drop volumes from 10 to 200 nano-litres; dispensing frequencies up to 100Hz; a dispensing accuracy of less than one per cent; and media viscosities up to 200,000mPas (thixotropic).
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