viscoplastic

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adjective

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.

OriginEnglish plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjective
  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.

Origin

  1. Englishvisco-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  3. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  4. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  5. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  6. Latinplasticus
  7. Englishplastic
  8. Englishviscoplastic

From visco- + plastic.

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Translations

Russian вя̀зкопласти́чный
  • вя̀зкопласти́чный (vjàzkoplastíčnyj)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

viscoplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscoplastic

MLA

“viscoplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscoplastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viscoplastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscoplastic.

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