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viscosity

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006728

The internal friction within a fluid that causes it to resist flow. Absolute viscosity is typically given in centipoise; kinematic viscosity is the absolute viscosity divided by the fluid density. Kinematic viscosity is typically reported in units of centistokes (cSt).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006728
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsabsolute viscosity; kinematic viscosity; viscometric properties
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsorheological properties; Reynolds number; pasting properties; viscometers; rheology; amylographs; viscometry; loss modulus; electroviscosity
TranslationsSpanish: viscosidad
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006728",
  "term": "viscosity",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The internal friction within a fluid that causes it to resist flow. Absolute viscosity is typically given in centipoise; kinematic viscosity is the absolute viscosity divided by the fluid density. Kinematic viscosity is typically reported in units of centistokes (cSt).",
  "synonyms": [
    "absolute viscosity",
    "kinematic viscosity",
    "viscometric properties"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "rheological properties",
    "Reynolds number",
    "pasting properties",
    "viscometers",
    "rheology",
    "amylographs",
    "viscometry",
    "loss modulus",
    "electroviscosity"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "viscosidad"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/viscosity/"
}

Record 6,728 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.