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viscosity
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Viscosity \Vis*cos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. viscosit['e], LL.
viscositas.]
1. The quality or state of being viscous.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Physics) A property possessed by a viscous fluid, being a
resistance to the forces causing a fluid to flow, caused
by interactions between the molecules of the fluid and
between the fluid and the walls of the conduit through
which it moves; also, a measure of such a property.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
