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Definition of Glutinosity

1. Noun. The property of having a viscosity like jelly.

Definition of Glutinosity

1. n. The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.

Definition of Glutinosity

1. Noun. The quality of being glutinous or viscous. ¹

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Literary usage of Glutinosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Same as glutinous. glutinosity ... The state or quality of being glutinous ; viscosity ; viscidity; tenacity; glutinosity. There is a resistance in fluids, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Photography by Thomas Sutton, John Worden (1858)
"As to the film, fluidity, smoothness, softness, porosity, and adhesiveness go together; and likewise glutinosity, coarse cellular structure, horniness, ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"than an active movement due to their " glutinosity." How far these facts account for the connective tissue hyperplasia which accompanies varicose veins, ..."

4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"... Spermatazoa and the spermatocytes of insects are the only cells, so far dissected, that may be compared in glutinosity to leukocytes. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"... nor the relative or absolute position of the white and red blood cells within the vessels, nor the assumed glutinosity of the former, nor the existence ..."

6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"The persistent tacky glutinosity of syrups and fruits completely sealed up morbidity, so that perfunctory cleansing availed not. ..."

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