rheology
English
editEtymology
editCoined by American scientist Eugene C. Bingham in 1920, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner;[1] inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”) by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + -logy (“study of”, suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrheology (plural rheologies)
- (physics) The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.
- 2022 April 19, Jennifer Chu, “MIT Engineers Introduce the Oreometer”, in MIT News[1]:
- Curious as to whether other had explored the connection between Oreos and rheology, Owens found mention of a 2016 Princeton University study in which physicists first reported that indeed, when twisting Oreos by hand, the cream almost always came off on one wafer.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- diarrhea (further -rrhea/-rrhoea terms there)
- rheogoniometer
- rheometer
- rheometric
- rheometry
Translations
editphysics of the deformation and flow of matter
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