viscosity

English

Etymology

From Middle French viscosité, from Old French viscosité, from Medieval Latin viscositas; analysable as viscous +‎ -ity.

Noun

viscosity (countable and uncountable, plural viscosities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being viscous.
2. (countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
3. (uncountable, psychology) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.

Antonyms

• fluidity

Derived terms

• microviscosity
• bulk viscosity
• shear viscosity

Translations

state of being viscous

• Catalan: viscositat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粘性 (zh) (niánxìng), 粘度 (zh) (niándù)

• Dutch: viscositeit (nl)
• Finnish: viskoosisuus (fi)
• French: viscosité (fr) f
• Galician: viscosidade (gl) f
• German: Zähflüssigkeit (de) f, Viskosität (de) f

• Hindi: श्यानता (hi) f (śyāntā)
• Ido: viskozeso (io)
• Japanese: 粘性 (ねんせい, nensei), 粘度 (ねんど, nendo)
• Malay: kelikatan
• Portuguese: viscosidade f
• Russian: вя́зкость (ru) f (vjázkostʹ)
• Slovene: viskóznost f
• Spanish: viscosidad f

physics: quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid

• Bengali: সান্দ্রতা (sandrôta)
• Dutch: viscositeit (nl)
• Finnish: viskositeetti (fi)
• French: viscosité (fr) f
• German: Viskosität (de) f
• Greek: ιξώδες (el) n (ixódes)
• Hindi: श्यानता (hi) f (śyāntā)

• Japanese: 粘度 (ねんど, nendo)
• Malay: kelikatan
• Portuguese: viscosidade f
• Russian: вя́зкость (ru) f (vjázkostʹ)
• Slovene: viskóznost f
• Swedish: viskositet (sv) c
• Tagalog: lapuyot