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Viscosity -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a (A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas) fluid to deformation under (additional info and facts about shear stress) shear stress. |
 | | Viscosity describes a (A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas) fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be thought of as a measure of fluid (The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another) friction. |
 | | The reciprocal of viscosity is fluidity, usually symbolised by φ (=1/μ), measured in reciprocal poise ((A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei) cmยท (The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet) s/ (The 7th letter of the Roman alphabet) g), sometimes called the rhe. |
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