pseudoplastic

adjective

pseu·​do·​plastic

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1

: lacking the capacity for major modification or evolutionary differentiation compare euryplastic, stenoplastic

2

: characterized by or being flow in which the rate of flow (as of solutions of rubber or gelatinous substances) increases faster than normally in relation to the shearing stress

pseudoplasticity

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noun

Word History

Etymology

pseud- + plastic

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