ALL meanings of dilatancy
di·lat·ant
D d - adjective dilatancy dilating; expanding. 1
- adjective dilatancy Physical Chemistry. exhibiting an increase in volume on being changed in shape, owing to a wider spacing between particles. 1
- adjective dilatancy Petrology. (of rock) exhibiting an increase in volume owing to rearrangement and recrystallization of constituent grains. 1
- noun dilatancy The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts. 0
- noun dilatancy (physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure. 0
- noun dilatancy a phenomenon caused by the nature of the stacking or fitting together of particles or granules in a heterogeneous system, such as the solidification of certain sols under pressure, and the thixotropy of certain gels 0