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UNIT OF VISCOSITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of measurement for viscosity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("unit of viscosity" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unit of viscosity"):
poise (a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second)