Bingham plastic

noun

A viscoplastic material that behaves like a rigid solid when under low stress, but flows like a viscous fluid when under high stress (for example, toothpaste or mayonnaise).

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Meanings

nounBingham plastic (plural Bingham plastics)

plural Bingham plastics

  1. A viscoplastic material that behaves like a rigid solid when under low stress, but flows like a viscous fluid when under high stress (for example, toothpaste or mayonnaise).

Origin

Named after Eugene C. Bingham who proposed its mathematical form.

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Bingham plastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham%20plastic

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“Bingham plastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham%20plastic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bingham plastic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham%20plastic.

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