rheometer
noun
rhe·om·e·ter
rē-ˈä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for measuring flow (as of viscous substances)
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Then, to understand how well the mud flowed, the researchers placed some on a machine called a rheometer that spun the sample and measured its viscosity.
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Oreo creme is actually a fluid Beyond pulling Oreos apart by hand, the MIT researchers used a machine called a rheometer, a laboratory instrument that's used to test how fluids react to different forces.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
Researchers then used a rheometer to measure how much force is needed to deform a certain volume of sand.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
The rheometer twists the fluid between parallel disks in order to measure its viscosity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2022
Our lab shares two rheometers with Georgia Tech physicist Alberto Fernandez-Nieves.
—David Hu and Patricia Yang, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2017
Our lab shares two rheometers with Georgia Tech physicist Alberto Fernandez-Nieves.
—David Hu, Scientific American, 6 May 2017
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Oreo creme is actually a fluid Beyond pulling Oreos apart by hand, the MIT researchers used a machine called a rheometer, a laboratory instrument that's used to test how fluids react to different forces.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
Researchers then used a rheometer to measure how much force is needed to deform a certain volume of sand.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
The rheometer twists the fluid between parallel disks in order to measure its viscosity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2022
Our lab shares two rheometers with Georgia Tech physicist Alberto Fernandez-Nieves.
—David Hu and Patricia Yang, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2017
Our lab shares two rheometers with Georgia Tech physicist Alberto Fernandez-Nieves.
—David Hu, Scientific American, 6 May 2017
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rheometer
noun
rhe·om·e·ter
rē-ˈäm-ət-ər
: an instrument for measuring flow (as of viscous substances)
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