Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shear-thickening

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
shear-thick-en-ing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

whose viscosity increases with increasing shear rate

Antonyms

shear-thinning

Questions

What does shear-thickening mean?
whose viscosity increases with increasing shear rate

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