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GELATINOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gelatinousness mean?
• GELATINOUSNESS (noun)
The noun GELATINOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of having a viscosity like jelly
Familiarity information: GELATINOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of having a viscosity like jelly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gelatinousness; glutinosity; glutinousness
Hypernyms ("gelatinousness" is a kind of...):
viscosity; viscousness (resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow))
Derivation:
gelatinous (thick like gelatin)
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