adj.

1. Having relatively high resistance to flow.
2. Viscid; sticky.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin viscōsus. See viscose.]

viscously vis'cous·ly adv.
viscousness vis'cous·ness n.

adjective

Having a heavy, gluey quality: glutinous, mucilaginous, viscid, viscose. See solid/liquid/consistency.

adj

Definition: sticky, gummy
Antonyms: unsticky, watery

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Adhesive or glutinous. Viscosity is the resistance to flow exhibited by a material.

Resistance to flow; a physical property of a substance that is dependent on the friction of its component molecules as they slide by one another.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klæbrig, sej, tyktflydende

Nederlands (Dutch)
stroperig, kleverig

Français (French)
adj. - visqueux, gluant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - viskos, dickflüssig, zähflüssig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παχύρρευστος, ιξώδης, κολλώδης

Italiano (Italian)
viscoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - viscoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
вязкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - viscoso, pegajoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - trögflytande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
粘的, 粘性的, 有粘性的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粘的, 粘性的, 有粘性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 찐득 찐득한, 점성이 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 粘着性の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لزج, غروي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צמיג, דביק, סמיך, נוזלי למחצה‬

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