viscidity
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A casting thus treated subsided with surprising slowness, owing as I suppose to its viscidity.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Charles Darwin
The viscidity, which it is now known, that both feldspar and quartz retain at a temperature much below their points of fusion, easily explains their mutual impressment.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
In the great group of the Vandeæ, relative position of parts, friction, viscidity, elastic and hygrometric movements were all found to be nicely related to one end—the aid of insects in fertilisation.
From Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
It is hardly proper, perhaps, to call this resistance by the name of friction; it is partly, perhaps mainly, due to the viscidity or adhesion of the water.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
The viscidity and specific gravity of milk are somewhat greater than that of water; but these properties vary somewhat in the milk procured from different individuals.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
