How to Use viscosity in a Sentence

viscosity

noun
  • The soup smacks of pork and chile, with a rich viscosity that will cling to the bottom of the bowl.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Check the viscosity of the sauce and swirl in more slurry if needed.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In 2018, the viscosity of the lava on Kīlauea kept changing.
    Robin George Andrews, Wired, 6 June 2021
  • Matcha thickens the viscosity of ice cream bases and milk ice in Taiwanese shaved ice cones.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Think of its final viscosity as about like duck sauce or Thai sweet chili sauce.
    NBC News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The peas and carrots had a bright color with perfect viscosity and no chunks or pulp.
    Laura Denby, Parents, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Take care not to boil the liquid, and cook until the tendons are very soft and the braising liquid has a syrup-like viscosity.
    Jamie Feldmar, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Its viscosity can change from person to person and even hour to hour.
    Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This is almost certainly the most ridiculous dish I’ve ever been served, down to the weird viscosity of the paints.
    Besha Rodell, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Even the whey left over from making yogurt or mozzarella can add a touch of viscosity and acid to a drink or dish.
    Patrick Symmes, Bon Appétit, 18 May 2021
  • And, in fact, the viscosity of the liquid had nothing to do with that base ingredient.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Holi Oobleck Oobleck is a fun science project that teaches about viscosity and force.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The salty liquid released from the carrots will mix with the lemon juice and tomato paste to create the perfect viscosity to coat the carrots.
    Zaynab Issa, Bon Appétit, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The reason has to do with the wettability of the container and the viscosity of the substance.
    H. Joachim Schlichting, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Roman and colleagues says that the viscosity of magma can change over time.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2021
  • Lopez had been on blood thinners, but the coronavirus increases the viscosity of the blood.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • My teeth sink through the familiar viscosity of melty cheese.
    Kate McAuley, Bon Appétit, 29 Dec. 2021
  • On the palate, the bourbon has a slightly oily texture, with a medium viscosity and a mouth coating texture.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 20 June 2021
  • As the bottle empties, the viscosity decreases because there is less and less ketchup to push.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2022
  • In this expression, η (Greek letter eta) is the viscosity of the medium, r is the radius of the drop, and v is its velocity.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Deblais and colleagues put a blob of these sludge worms into a special device to measure the viscosity of the liquid around them.
    Eric Niiler, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
  • There was more viscosity and body to this spirit, which gave it an almost syrup-like quality.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Not to mention, when that time of the month rolls around, the oil beneath your skin changes consistency from an olive oil type of thickness to a honey-like viscosity.
    Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 10 Jan. 2017
  • This is a smooth, creamy, mouth coating vodka with a noticeable palate weight and viscosity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Also, when the researchers changed the viscosity of the fluid, there was no significant impact on how many bubbles broke in the CBC.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
  • When Katz and Pavlovic tried to extend their process to a toy version of the Navier-Stokes equations, the fluid’s viscosity snuffed out this thinned-out energy and no blowup occurred.
    Quanta Magazine, 24 Feb. 2014
  • So a common way to look for a quark-gluon plasma is to look for evidence of flow without viscosity.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2018
  • Seedlip is delicious, has good viscosity, and adds a great flavor to any cocktail.
    Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Further, note that pastes with higher viscosity are better for sticking the heat sink to the processor.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The viscosity of the tear has to be taken into consideration, too.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024

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