Dilatant Definition

dī-lātnt, dĭ-
adjective
Dilating or tending to dilate.
Webster's New World
Expanding in bulk when the shape is changed.
Webster's New World
Exhibiting dilatancy.
American Heritage
Becoming solid, or setting, under pressure, as certain colloidal solutions.
Webster's New World
noun
A thing that can dilate.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

(physics) A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dilatant

Noun

Singular:
dilatant
Plural:
dilatants

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