viscous
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vis·cous
(vĭs′kəs)adj.
1. Having relatively high resistance to flow.
2. Viscid; sticky.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscose.]
vis′cous·ly adv.
vis′cous·ness n.
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viscous
(ˈvɪskəs) orviscose
adj
1. (of liquids) thick and sticky; viscid
2. having or involving viscosity
[C14: from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscose]
ˈviscously adv
ˈviscousness n
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vis•cous
(ˈvɪs kəs)adj.
1. of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.
2. having the property of viscosity.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin viscōsus= Latin visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime (made with mistletoe berries) + -ōsus -ous]
vis′cous•ly, adv.
vis′cous•ness, n.
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vis·cous
(vĭs′kəs) Having relatively high resistance to flow. As the molecules of a viscous fluid, such as honey, slide past each other, the friction between them causes the fluid to flow very slowly.
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Adj. | 1. | viscous - having a relatively high resistance to flow thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" |
2. | viscous - having the sticky properties of an adhesive adhesive - tending to adhere |
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viscous
adjective thick, sticky, gooey (informal), adhesive, tenacious, clammy, syrupy, glutinous, gummy, gelatinous, icky (informal), gluey, treacly, mucilaginous, viscid a viscous, white, sticky liquid
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viscous
adjectiveHaving a heavy, gluey quality:
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Translations
viskoottinen
visceus
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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viscous
adj (form) → zähflüssig; (Phys) → viskos
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viscous
[ˈvɪskəs] adj → viscoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
vis·cous
a. viscoso-a, gelatinoso-a, pegajoso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
viscous
adj viscosoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.