Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilatant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-la-tant
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to dilate, or causing dilation.

adj

Exhibiting dilatancy.

noun

noun

A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

Inflected Forms

more dilatant (comparative) most dilatant (superlative) dilatants (plural)

Questions

What does dilatant mean?: Tending to dilate, or causing dilation.

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