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viscosity

[vi-skos-i-tee] / vɪˈskɒs ɪ ti /


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Far less attention has been given to the viscosity of the fluid through which cancer cells travel.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

If the viscosity of those fluids changed too much, these processes could become severely disrupted.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Water has relatively low viscosity and pours easily, while honey and tar are much more viscous and move slowly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The goal is to find the perfect viscosity of chocolate on Magnum bars, for the perfect crunch.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Adam seemed clothed in a viscosity that slowed his movements and held his thoughts down.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The motility and energetics of sperm were less influenced by fluid flow in environments with lower viscosities.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023

Blood and saline solution have very different viscosities, meaning they are absorbed at different rates.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2023

The team then tested the stability of the lava under a range of speeds, viscosities, and layer thicknesses.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2023

Break it in two at room temperature and its various layers will stretch and ooze at different delicious viscosities.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2018

Further experiments showed that this is also true of the second mixture, as the viscosities of the following mixtures illustrate: Strength of Solution. η Z. C. 80 per cent.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various


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