English Explanatory Dictionary

viscoplastic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing a material that behaves as a solid below a critical value of stress, but flows like a viscous liquid at greater values of stress.

Word forms

viscoplastic

Etymology

Etymology tree English visco- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English viscoplastic From visco- + plastic.

Related words

yield stress
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