English > viscosity: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | resistance of a liquid / liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow). |
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| Synonym | viscousness |
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| Narrower | cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness | The property of being cohesive and sticky |
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| gelatinousness, glutinosity, glutinousness | The property of having a viscosity like jelly |
| sliminess | A property resembling or being covered with slime |
| stickiness | The property of sticking / sticking to a surface |
| Broader | consistency, consistence, substance, body | The property of holding together and retaining its shape |
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| Spanish | viscosidad |
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| Catalan | viscositat |
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| Adjectives | viscous | having a relatively high resistance to flow |
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