rheologist
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A scientist who studies how liquids and soft materials flow and change shape
- noun
- /riˈɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
:
reólogo
- The rheologist observed how the thick liquid changed shape when poured.
Examples
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The rheologist conducted experiments to understand how different gels flow.
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As a rheologist, she analyzed the behavior of various materials under stress.
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His name and that of Professor Isherwood, the rheologist, were the first two on DALI's list.
Fiction book (2002) -
Vivi was still technophobic, and Isherwood's occupation as a rheologist naturally involved machines.
Fiction book (2002) -
Despite the range of stiffness, biopolymers are all what rheologists call semiflexible.
Academic text (2005)
Surface Forms
rheologist singular
rheologists plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word rheologist comes from the Greek root rheo meaning 'flow' and the ending -logist meaning 'one who studies', as in biologist. So a rheologist is a scientist who studies how liquids and soft materials move and change.