Viscance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Viscance is a noun meaning The amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system.
Meaning
The amount of energy that dissipates due to flow in a viscous system.
Example Sentences
Figure 9 also shows the individual amounts of work performed in overcoming elasticity, tissue viscance, and airway resistance.
P_A - Pₚₗ is the pressure difference between the alveoli and the pleural space, which contains tissue viscance and the elastic recoil pressure of the lung (Pₑₗ).
In the intervening region of instability, airway viscance and parenchymal elastance are of the same order, and the derivative of P_A with respect to airway resistance is near its maximum.
Word Forms
- viscances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include viscosity, dissipation, flux, vortensity, viscoelasticity, entropy.
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