Definition of Viscous. Meaning of Viscous. Synonyms of Viscous

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Definition of Viscous

Viscous
Viscous Vis"cous, a. [L. viscosus. See Viscid.] Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- Vis"cous*ness, n. Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.

Meaning of Viscous from wikipedia

- adjacent layers of fluid that are in relative motion. For instance, when a viscous fluid is forced through a tube, it flows more quickly near the tube's axis...
- In continuum mechanics, viscous damping is a formulation of the damping phenomena, in which the source of damping force is modeled as a function of the...
- In condensed matter physics and physical chemistry, the terms viscous liquid, supercooled liquid, and gl**** forming liquid are often used interchangeably...
- direction of movement of a solid object such as cars, aircraft and boat hulls. Viscous drag of fluid in a pipe: Drag force on the immobile pipe decreases fluid...
- Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation...
- STOHKS) are partial differential equations which describe the motion of viscous fluid substances. They were named after French engineer and physicist Claude-Louis...
- A viscous coupling is a mechanical device which transfers torque and rotation by the medium of a viscous fluid. Rotary viscous couplings with interleaved...
- The viscous stress tensor is a tensor used in continuum mechanics to model the part of the stress at a point within some material that can be attributed...
- typically are named from the type of the resisting mechanism. Examples include viscous and clutch-based LSDs. The amount of limiting torque provided by these...
- conductivity of the fluid, T is temperature, and Φ is the viscous dissipation function. The viscous dissipation function governs the rate at which the mechanical...