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Definition of Absolute viscosity
1. Noun. A measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force.
Medical Definition of Absolute viscosity
1. Force per unit area applied tangentially to a fluid, causing unit rate of displacement of parallel planes separated by a unit distance; units in CGS system: poise. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute Viscosity
Literary usage of Absolute viscosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"Multiply td Iry k ; the product is the absolute viscosity. ... 48, 49, 50, 51
show the r< between absolute viscosity and temperature in the case of n ..."
2. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge (1914)
"1 absolute viscosity. The desirability of expressing viscosities in absolute
measure, instead of by the arbitrary values at present adopted, has recently ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Since, however, the viscosity, expressed in terms of absolute viscosity, is not
likely to replace in the immediate future the usual manner of expressing ..."
4. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"The absolute viscosity of water at 20°C. determined by this apparatus was ...
The absolute viscosity is therefore correctly expressed in dynes-second per ..."
5. The Petroleum and Allied Industries: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Natural Waxes by James Kewley (1922)
"The absolute viscosity of water at 20° C. is 0-01005 poises. Specific viscosity
is the ratio between the absolute viscosity of the substance and that of the ..."
6. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"The coefficient of absolute viscosity or, simply, the absolute viscosity of a
fluid, is a measure of its resistance to internal deformation or shear. ..."
7. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"... is the absolute viscosity of the liquid under examination; ni is the absolute
viscosity at the temperature of the experiment of the standard liquid, ..."
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