viscosidade

Galician

Noun

viscosidade f (plural viscosidades)

1. viscosity

Related terms

• viscoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From viscoso +‎ -idade.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vis.ko.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vis.ko.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʃ.ko.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vis.ko.ziˈda.de/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʃ.ku.ziˈda.dɨ/ [viʃ.ku.ziˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʃ.ku.ziˈda.dɨ/ [viʃ.ku.ziˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʃ.ku.ziˈda.dɨ/ [biʃ.ku.ziˈða.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi, -adɨ
• Hyphenation: vis‧co‧si‧da‧de

Noun

viscosidade f (plural viscosidades)

1. viscosity
   1. quality or state of being viscous
   2. (physics) a property of fluids that means they offer resistance to flow, which in liquids decreases as the temperature rises, but in gases increases as the temperature rises
   3. property of a body undergoing permanent deformations under the action of a stress, with stresses being linear functions of deformation speeds

Further reading

• “viscosidade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “viscosidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024