— rheopectic /ree'euh pek"tik/ , adj.
/ree"euh pek'see/ , n. Physical Chem.
the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
[ 1930-35; RHEO- + -pexy -pexia, deriv. of pêxis a fixing, solidity; see -Y 3 ]