Viscoplastic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing a material that behaves as a solid below a critical value of stress, but flows like a viscous liquid at greater values of stress.

Etymology

From visco- + plastic.

Related phrases

yield stress

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