rheology

English

Etymology

1920, coined by Eugene C. Bingham, a professor at Lafayette College, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner; inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”) by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) +‎ -logy (“study of”, suffix ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.

Noun

rheology (plural rheologies)

1. (physics) The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.

Related terms

• diarrhea (further -rrhea/-rrhoea terms there)
• rheogoniometer
• rheometer
• rheometric
• rheometry

Translations

physics of the deformation and flow of matter

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  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: reologia (fi)
• French: rhéologie (fr) f
• German: Rheologie (de) f, Fließkunde f
• Icelandic: flotfræði f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: sreabheolaíocht f, réa-eolaíocht f
• Italian: reologia (it) f
• Russian: реоло́гия (ru) f (reológija)
• Tagalog: paladaluyan
• Tamil: சடப்பாயவியல் (caṭappāyaviyal)
• Vietnamese: lưu biến học