thikˈsä.trəpē noun
( -es )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary thix- (from Greek thixis action of touching, from thinganein to touch, handle) + -o- + -tropy; akin to Latin fingere to shape — more at dough
: the property exhibited by various gels (as bentonite or paint containing pigment) of becoming fluid when shaken, stirred, or otherwise disturbed and of setting again to a gel when allowed to stand : a reversible gel-sol transformation under isothermal shearing stress followed by rest — compare false body , rheopexy