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