English Explanatory Dictionary

dilatancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
  2. The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

Word forms

dilatancy dilatancies

Etymology

From dilate + -ancy or dilatant + -cy.

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