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viscoelasticity

Definitions

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  • noun physics The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic
  • noun physics The branch of rheology that studies such materials

Etymologies

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visco- +‎ elasticity

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Examples

  • There are materials that have some limited flow known as viscoelasticity.

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

  • Materials with viscoelasticity may seem to flow slowly for a while but then stop.

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

  • Its viscoelasticity makes gluten an important ingredient in the production of baked goods as well as an additive that is often used in the production of other food products.

    Food IngredientsFIrst News 2010

  • This polysaccharide demonstrates high viscoelasticity and is very stable.

    Food IngredientsFIrst News 2010

  • The popular toy Silly Putty ™ is a classic example of complex viscoelasticity, bouncing better than a rubber ball under a sharp, sudden force but slumping into a puddle when left alone.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • - The viscoelasticity of xanthan gum improves the binding of air within the dough, which gives the bread lift.

    Food IngredientsFIrst News 2010

  • Computations reveal that viscoelasticity alone does not give rise to a small, satellite bead between two much larger main beads but that inertia is required for its formation.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Pradeep P. Bhat 2010

  • This polysaccharide demonstrates high viscoelasticity and is very stable.

    Food IngredientsFIrst News 2010

  • They were gene products (proteins) but also networks of physical processes that shaped and patterned organisms using adhesion, polarization, viscoelasticity, etc.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • DPMs consist of the gene products of what is known as the "developmental-genetic toolkit," but considered in subsets, as dynamical networks embodying physical processes characteristic of chemically and mechanically excitable meso - to macroscopic systems like cell aggregates: cohesion, viscoelasticity, diffusion, and spatio-temporal heterogeneity based on lateral inhibition, and multistable and oscillatory dynamics.

    ScreenTalk 2009

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