viscosity

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It fractured under the same stretching conditions, indicating that viscosity is a key factor in this solid-like breaking behavior and suggesting that many simple liquids may share a similar breaking point.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

“It’s a rich, thick vanilla. I like the viscosity of it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The maxim that blood is thicker than water may hold true in a laboratory viscosity test, but human relationships are far more complicated, and estrangement is commonplace.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

He said it could allow scientists "to make more informed estimates of some important material properties, such as the viscosity of the inner core, which is one of the least known quantities in modern science".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

Adam seemed clothed in a viscosity that slowed his movements and held his thoughts down.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck