Viscous
adjective
A thick or sticky consistency, like honey or syrup.
The medicine had a viscous texture that made it hard to swallow.
Often appears as...
- viscous liquid
- viscous substance
adjective
A thick or sticky consistency, like honey or syrup.
The medicine had a viscous texture that made it hard to swallow.
Often appears as...
- viscous liquid
- viscous substance
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Liquids
While often used to describe liquids, 'viscous' applies to semi-solids or thick pastes too.
The viscous paste was difficult to spread evenly on the surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Sluggish
'Viscous' can describe movement that seems slow and laborious, as if through a thick substance.
Time felt viscous as he awaited the interview results.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
Use 'viscous' for tactile experiences where touch reveals the thickness or resistance of a substance.
She could feel the viscous cream between her fingers.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Liquids
While often used to describe liquids, 'viscous' applies to semi-solids or thick pastes too.
The viscous paste was difficult to spread evenly on the surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Sluggish
'Viscous' can describe movement that seems slow and laborious, as if through a thick substance.
Time felt viscous as he awaited the interview results.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
Use 'viscous' for tactile experiences where touch reveals the thickness or resistance of a substance.
She could feel the viscous cream between her fingers.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Liquids
While often used to describe liquids, 'viscous' applies to semi-solids or thick pastes too.
The viscous paste was difficult to spread evenly on the surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Sluggish
'Viscous' can describe movement that seems slow and laborious, as if through a thick substance.
Time felt viscous as he awaited the interview results.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
Use 'viscous' for tactile experiences where touch reveals the thickness or resistance of a substance.
She could feel the viscous cream between her fingers.
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Lisa Margonelli: The...
And then the asphaltenes -- and this is the crucial thing -- the asphaltenes get whipped by the waves into a frothy emulsion, something like mayonnaise. It triples the amount of oily, messy goo that you have in the water, and it makes it very hard to handle. It also makes it very viscous.
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The wild world of...
The sundew’s tiny leaves are equipped with a viscous secretion called mucilage. The ant is swiftly trapped in this goo. As she struggles, enzymes begin to digest her body. Special tentacles sense her movement and curl around her, clenching her in their suffocating grip.
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The astounding athletic...
We can use mathematical models to estimate the force that I'm applying to the quad. Once we know this force, we can also change the laws of physics, as far as the quad is concerned, of course. Here, the quad is behaving as if it were in a viscous fluid.
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Artemisia Gentileschi:...
and the viscous streams of blood soaking the sheets are highly naturalistic. The blood spraying from the severed artery in Caravaggio’s looks stilted and artificial by comparison. And yet this isn't even her most celebrated painting of the scene.
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The Pangaea Pop-up -...
the lithosphere and asthenosphere. The lithosphere, which includes the crust and uppermost mantle, comprises the land around you. Beneath the lithosphere is the asthenosphere the highly viscous but solid rock portion of the upper mantle.
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Digging Up a Dinosaur...
glass particles would settle down into this wetlands area creating a thick mud a soupy mud viscous and unforgiving this quick mud could be perilous to any animal that happened upon it predators sink potential prey helplessly
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Turbulence: One of the...
which causes instability. Viscosity works against disruption, making the flow laminar instead. In thick fluids such as honey, viscosity almost always wins. Less viscous substances like water or air are more prone to inertia,
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How to Solve the...
superheated inside a closed container the resultant blend of SAP's and resins coalesces into a black viscous liquid with a pungent smell this is a traditional technique whose origins are lost but which has been passed down
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Why do your knuckles...
and even their hips, wrists, shoulders and so on. All these joints are synovial joints, and they're the most flexible ones in your body. The space between the two bones is filled with a viscous liquid,
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The Tar Pit PIPE National...
the viscous asphalt uses up from petroleum seeps miles below the pools resemble freshwater ponds but they can ensnare an animal that comes too close
Video examples
Lisa Margonelli: The...
And then the asphaltenes -- and this is the crucial thing -- the asphaltenes get whipped by the waves into a frothy emulsion, something like mayonnaise. It triples the amount of oily, messy goo that you have in the water, and it makes it very hard to handle. It also makes it very viscous.
Video examples
The wild world of...
The sundew’s tiny leaves are equipped with a viscous secretion called mucilage. The ant is swiftly trapped in this goo. As she struggles, enzymes begin to digest her body. Special tentacles sense her movement and curl around her, clenching her in their suffocating grip.
Video examples
The astounding athletic...
We can use mathematical models to estimate the force that I'm applying to the quad. Once we know this force, we can also change the laws of physics, as far as the quad is concerned, of course. Here, the quad is behaving as if it were in a viscous fluid.
Video examples
Artemisia Gentileschi:...
and the viscous streams of blood soaking the sheets are highly naturalistic. The blood spraying from the severed artery in Caravaggio’s looks stilted and artificial by comparison. And yet this isn't even her most celebrated painting of the scene.
Video examples
The Pangaea Pop-up -...
the lithosphere and asthenosphere. The lithosphere, which includes the crust and uppermost mantle, comprises the land around you. Beneath the lithosphere is the asthenosphere the highly viscous but solid rock portion of the upper mantle.
Video examples
Digging Up a Dinosaur...
glass particles would settle down into this wetlands area creating a thick mud a soupy mud viscous and unforgiving this quick mud could be perilous to any animal that happened upon it predators sink potential prey helplessly
Video examples
Turbulence: One of the...
which causes instability. Viscosity works against disruption, making the flow laminar instead. In thick fluids such as honey, viscosity almost always wins. Less viscous substances like water or air are more prone to inertia,
Video examples
How to Solve the...
superheated inside a closed container the resultant blend of SAP's and resins coalesces into a black viscous liquid with a pungent smell this is a traditional technique whose origins are lost but which has been passed down
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
and even their hips, wrists, shoulders and so on. All these joints are synovial joints, and they're the most flexible ones in your body. The space between the two bones is filled with a viscous liquid,
Video examples
The Tar Pit PIPE National...
the viscous asphalt uses up from petroleum seeps miles below the pools resemble freshwater ponds but they can ensnare an animal that comes too close
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Quote examples
Gary Hume
English Artist
I found that gloss paint suited me entirely, and its qualities still intrigue me. It's viscous and fluid and feels like a pool. It's highly reflective, which means there are layers of looking. You look at the picture, and you look at the surface, then you look at the reflection in the surface behind you, then you look at yourself.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
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David Slade
British Director
I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that.
Quote examples
Gary Hume
English Artist
I found that gloss paint suited me entirely, and its qualities still intrigue me. It's viscous and fluid and feels like a pool. It's highly reflective, which means there are layers of looking. You look at the picture, and you look at the surface, then you look at the reflection in the surface behind you, then you look at yourself.
Quote examples
Henry Adams
American Historian
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Quote examples
Henry Adams
American Historian
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Quote examples
David Slade
British Director
I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that.
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