dilatant

[dih-leyt-nt, dahy-] / dɪˈleɪt nt, daɪ- /

ADJECTIVE

expansive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extensive far-reaching inclusive wide-ranging

WEAK

all-embracing ample big elastic expanding expansile great large scopic scopious stretching thorough unrepressed unsuppressed voluminous wide widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

narrow

WEAK

limited quiet reserved silent

Example Sentences

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He became interested in dilatant materials, whose unique flowing and locking molecular bond was discovered in the '50s.

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