viscoelasticity
noun
viscoelasticity is a noun meaning “The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic, or degree to which this is the case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-S-C-O-E-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of viscoelasticity is viscoelasticities.
What does viscoelasticity mean?
noun
- 1
The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic, or degree to which this is the case.
- 2
The branch of rheology that studies such materials.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of viscoelasticity
- viscoelasticities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is viscoelasticity?
Viscoelasticity appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does viscoelasticity come from?
From visco- + elasticity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).