viscousness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *viscousness*:
NOUN	attribute	viscousness, viscosity	resistance of a liquid / liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

English > *viscousness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	resistance of a liquid / liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow).
Synonym	viscosity
Narrower	cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness	The property of being cohesive and sticky
	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
Spanish	viscosidad
Catalan	viscositat
Adjectives	viscous	having a relatively high resistance to flow

HyperDic: viscousness