viscous damping — a vibrating body is said to be viscously damped when it encounters a force that is proportional to the magnitude of the velocity of the body, in the opposite direction to that of the velocity of the body. Hydraulic shock absorbers display forms… … Mechanics glossary
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slime body — noun : one of the discrete bodies of variable form, number, and distinctness that occur in a developing sieve tube element, fuse prior to disintegration of the nucleus and form a viscous mass in the vacuole of the element, and are demonstrable… … Useful english dictionary
D'Alembert's paradox — In fluid dynamics, d Alembert s paradox (or the hydrodynamic paradox) is a contradiction reached in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d Alembert.[1] D Alembert proved that – for incompressible and inviscid potential flow – the drag force… … Wikipedia
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Lift (force) — For other uses, see Lift. Boeing 747 8F landing A fluid flowing past the surface of a body exerts a surface force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the … Wikipedia
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protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… … Universalium