viscosity, viscousness
(noun) resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
viscosity (countable and uncountable, plural viscosities)
(uncountable) The state of being viscous.
(countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
(uncountable, psychology) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.
• fluidity
Source: Wiktionary
Vis*cos"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. viscosité, LL. viscositas.]
1. The quality or state of being viscous.
2. (Physics)
Definition: A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 February 2025
(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
