Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microviscosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-vis-cos-i-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The friction experienced by a single particle undergoing diffusion because of its interaction with its environment at the micrometer length scale.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Both the crowding density and relative size of each co-solute in a mixture will contribute to the measured microviscosity as assessed by altered translational mobility."
"The friction experienced by a single particle can be thought of as a microscopic viscosity (microviscosity) and should not necessarily agree with the bulk viscosity since it is a measure of the probe's local friction whereas bulk viscosity analogously would be the measure of an infinitely large probe."

Etymology

From micro- + viscosity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Usage

Inflected Forms

microviscosities (plural)

Synonyms

microscopic viscosity

Questions

What does microviscosity mean?: The friction experienced by a single particle undergoing diffusion because of its interaction with its environment at the micrometer length scale.
Where does microviscosity come from?: From micro- + viscosity.

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