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dilatant

[dih-leyt-nt, dahy-]

adjective

dilating; expanding.

Physical Chemistry. exhibiting an increase in volume on being changed in shape, owing to a wider spacing between particles.

Petrology. (of rock) exhibiting an increase in volume owing to rearrangement and recrystallization of constituent grains.

Origin of dilatant

1835–45; < Latin dīlātant- (stem of dīlātāns), present participle of dīlātāre to dilate; see -ant

Related formsdi·lat·an·cy, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for dilatancy

dilatancy

noun

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

dilatant

adjective

tending to dilate; dilating

physics of, concerned with, or exhibiting dilatancy

noun

something, such as a catheter, that causes dilation

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