VISCOELASTIC


Meaning of VISCOELASTIC in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ˌ vis-k ō - ə - ' las-tik

Function: adjective

Etymology: visc ous + -o- + elastic

Date: 1935

: having appreciable and conjoint viscous and elastic properties <such viscoelastic materials as asphalt> also : constituting or relating to the state of viscoelastic materials < viscoelastic data> < viscoelastic properties>

– vis · co · elas · tic · i · ty \ - ˌ las- ' ti-s ə -t ē , - ' tis-t ē \ noun

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