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.
Nearby words
- rheology,
- rheometer,
- rheometric,
- rheometry,
- rheomorphism,
- rheoreceptor,
- rheostat,
- rheostosis,
- rheotaxis,
- rheotron
Origin of rheopexy
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