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Definition of Dilatancy
1. Noun. The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilatancy
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Medical Definition of Dilatancy
1. An increasing viscosity with increasing rate of shear accompanied by volumetric expansion. Origin: L. Dilato, to dilate (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilatancy
Literary usage of Dilatancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"dilatancy. — Granular masses, such as loose sand, alter in volume when their
shape is changed. If their volume cannot alter, neither can their shape. they ..."
2. Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects by Osborne Reynolds, Arthur William Brightmore, William Henry Moorby (1901)
"ON THE dilatancy OF MEDIA COMPOSED OF RIGID PARTICLES IN CONTACT. WITH EXPERIMENTAL
ILLUSTRATIONS*. [Front tlie "Philosophical Magazine" for December, 1885. ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1887)
"... dilatancy, a property of Granular Material, possibly connected with Gravitation.
IN commencing this discourse, the author said, My principal object ..."
4. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"9 for sample SA4 that was loaded to rupture and displayed some dilatancy just before
... Part of the final porosity increase corresponds to the dilatancy. ..."
5. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... by volume of about 42 percent there was a rapid increase in shear strength
due to the contribution of friction between sand particles and dilatancy. ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1887)
"dilatancy, though thus a property of masses of hard ... The property of dilatancy
in a medium such as the ether would render it capable of causing an ..."
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