transcription, транскрипция: [ vis-ˈkä-sə-tē ]
noun
( plural -ties )
Etymology: Middle English viscosite, from Anglo-French viscosité, from Medieval Latin viscositat-, viscositas, from Late Latin viscosus viscous
Date: 14th century
1. : the quality or state of being viscous
2. : the property of resistance to flow in a fluid or semifluid
3. : the ratio of the tangential frictional force per unit area to the velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow of a liquid — called also coefficient of viscosity