"viscance" meaning in English

See viscance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: viscances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} viscance (countable and uncountable, plural viscances)
  1. The amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-viscance-en-noun-MFYO4OoW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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