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dilatancy
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dilate
+
-ancy
or
dilatant
+
-cy
Noun
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dilatancy
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
dilatancies
)
The property of
dilating
or
expanding
, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
(
physics
)
The phenomenon of some substances whose
viscosity
increases with
shear
rate, or with
pressure
.
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