English Explanatory Dictionary

viscoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Composed of viscoid (a powered amorphous form of cellulose).
  2. Derived from viscose (a liquid made from cellulose).
  3. Describing a type of motion involving the hydrodynamics of viscous fluids intermixing.
  4. Misconstruction of viscous.
noun
  1. A powdered amorphous form of cellulose.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪs.kɔɪd/ /ˈvɪs.koɪd/

Word forms

viscoid viscoids

Etymology

By surface analysis, visco- + -oid; evidently independently coined several times by several scientists in the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries.

Related words

viscoidal viscosity viscous viscousness celluloid collodion nitrocellulose
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