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dilatant

American  
[dih-leyt-nt, dahy-] / dɪˈleɪt nt, daɪ- /

adjective

  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.

dilatant British  
/ dɪ-, daɪˈleɪtənt /

adjective

  1. tending to dilate; dilating

  2. physics of, concerned with, or exhibiting dilatancy

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noun

  1. something, such as a catheter, that causes dilation

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Other Word Forms

  • dilatancy noun

Etymology

Origin of dilatant

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

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He became interested in dilatant materials, whose unique flowing and locking molecular bond was discovered in the '50s.

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