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Definitions for Dilatancy
[1] dilating; expanding.
[2] Physical Chemistry . exhibiting an increase in volume on being changed in shape, owing to a wider spacing between particles.
[3] Petrology . (of rock) exhibiting an increase in volume owing to rearrangement and recrystallization of constituent grains.
[4] a phenomenon caused by the nature of the stacking or fitting together of particles or granules in a heterogeneous system, such as the solidification of certain sols under pressure, and the thixotropy of certain gels
[5] tending to dilate; dilating
[6] physics of, concerned with, or exhibiting dilatancy
[7] something, such as a catheter, that causes dilation
Words nearby Dilatancy
dilatantdilantin, dilapidate, dilapidated, dilapidation, dilatancy, dilatant, dilatate, dilatation, dilatation and curettage, dilatator, dilate
Origin of Dilatancy
t1835–45; < Latin dīlātant- (stem of dīlātāns ), present participle of dīlātāre to dilate; see -ant
Other words from Dilatancy
di·lat·an·cy , noun