dilatancyn.
/dʌɪˈleɪtənsi//dɪˈleɪtənsi/ The property of dilating or expanding; spec. that of expanding in bulk with change of shape, exhibited by granular masses, and due to the increase of space between their rigid particles when their position is changed.
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dilatability1701
expansibility1701
enlargeableness1878
dilatancy1885
expandability1961
1885 O. Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 896 (title) On the Dilatancy of Media composed of Rigid Particles in Contact.
1885 O. Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 896 A very fundamental property of granular masses. To this property he [O. Reynolds] gave the name of dilatancy. It is exhibited in any arrangement of particles where change of bulk is dependent upon change of shape.
1886 Sat. Rev. 28 Aug. 295 Owens College had at that time only begun to display its ‘dilatancy’, if we may make bold to use a term recently applied by one of its professors to a force which he claims to have discovered in the physical world.
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