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Vinony

viscoelasticity

noun

  1. property of that materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English visco- French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity English viscoelasticity From visco- + elasticity.

  1. The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic.
  2. The branch of rheology that studies such materials.