rheopexy

[ree-uh-pek-see]

noun Physical Chemistry.

the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.

Origin of rheopexy

First recorded in 1930–35; rheo- + -pexy

Related formsrhe·o·pec·tic

[ree-uh-pek-tik] /ˌri əˈpɛk tɪk/, adjective

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