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• n  resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

• The study's authors think the same phenomenon may hold true for humans: early on, we learn to sense how calorie-packed a food isby its sweetness and viscosity, for example .
• Artificial silk is made mainly of either cotton linters or wood pulp, treated with picric acid; various secret processes give the resulting cellulose the required viscosity and .
• Viscosity is "fluid friction" or degree of stickiness.

• viscousness

News & Articles

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• Liquid Dosage Best Practice: Measuring Viscosity of Small Samples
  Formulating new products in the pharmaceutical world oftentimes requires working with small sample volumes. Therefore the viscosity measurement method requires an apparatus that can work effectively with limited amounts of material.
  June 14, 2013 - FoodOnline
• The Secret to a Video-Game Phenomenon
  By eschewing grit and realism for creativity and simplicity, Minecraft shows how bedroom programmers can bypass publishers to create global hits. All video-game makers are minor gods. They are, after all, in the business of world creation. The game creator sets down the mountains and arranges the valleys in his or her world. The creator decides upon the sky’s hue, the water’s viscosity, the ...
  June 14, 2013 - Technology Review
• Osseon® Therapeutics Announces Another VCF Product
  SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Osseon® announces the release of the Osseoflex® CD-H hydraulic cement delivery system. This latest addition to the Osseon product line is designed for delivery of medium to high viscosity bone cement during the treatment...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire

Quotes

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• Sanders in Earthtimes
  Water's buoyancy reduces impact and supports the body for increased range of motion,explains Sanders. "And the natural resistance of water provides an individualized personal training environment. Water's viscosity or 'thickness' -- being...
• David Lynch in Orlando Sentinel
  The region's gewurztraminers are more true to the varietal's spicy character, Lynch says, noting that Alto Adige's gewurztraminers have "nice heft and viscosity" but finish drier than versions from France's Alsace region.
• Masi Oka in Wired News
  The key to digital effects is to do things that are visually accurate but done cheaply and approximated,said Oka. "I would simulate viscosity or advection, things that are specific to the way water moves. We'd do a cheap simulated effect...