as in thick
being of a consistency that resists flow
viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle
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Bacteria and other small creatures squirming inside bodies often have to propel themselves through thick, viscous environments.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
For cells, living in a cold and more viscous fluid means getting less to eat.
—Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2024
One way to visualize this is to imagine the Higgs boson as a thick, viscous soup that fills the universe.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Why lava is so hard to stop Lava is a sluggish, viscous fluid that behaves somewhat like tar.
—Loÿc Vanderkluysen, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
For cells, living in a cold and more viscous fluid means getting less to eat.
—Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2024
One way to visualize this is to imagine the Higgs boson as a thick, viscous soup that fills the universe.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Why lava is so hard to stop Lava is a sluggish, viscous fluid that behaves somewhat like tar.
—Loÿc Vanderkluysen, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Viscous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viscous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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