COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coefficient of viscosity mean? 

• COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY (noun)
  The noun COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY has 1 sense:

1. a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force

  Familiarity information: COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

absolute viscosity; coefficient of viscosity; dynamic viscosity

Hypernyms ("coefficient of viscosity" is a kind of...):

coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)