dilatant

  1. Adjective.  Tending to dilate, or causing dilation.
  2. Adjective.  (physics) Exhibiting dilatancy.
  3. Noun.  A dilator.
  4. Noun.  (physics) A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

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