rheology

English

Etymology

1920, coined by Eugene C. Bingham, a professor at Lafayette College, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner;[1] inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ ta panta rhei “everything flows” by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) +‎ -logy (“study of”) (suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.

Noun

rheology (plural rheologies)

  1. (physics) The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.

Translations

References
  1. J. F. Steffe (1996) Rheological Methods in Food Process Engineering 2nd ed →ISBN page 1
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