Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Tending to dilate; dilating.
- adj. Exhibiting dilatancy.
- n. A dilator.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Dilating; relating to dilatancy, or to a substance possessing this property.
- n. A substance having the property of dilatancy.
- n. In surgery, an instrument used to dilate, as a tent, a bougie, a sound, etc.
- n. In physical, the liquid or gas, within a dilatometer, the expansion of which is to be measured.
Wiktionary
Examples
“(Hint: Putty behaves as a "dilatant," which means it reacts differently to hard, fast pressure than it does to slow, even pressure.”
“The first is a link to a video on YouTube, and the second goes to the wikipedia page on dilatant.”
“I like this video better though - it shows how sound waves from a subwoofer produce interesting shapes in a dilatant.”
“We refer to this fluid as a shear thickening, or dilatant, fluid.”
“According to WSJ, Dow-Corning sells most of its 100,000-pound annual production of dilatant compound to Crayola maker, Binney & Smith Inc., in Easton, PA, which processes it and sells it under its Silly Putty brand.”
“Most will hold back for a while until they feel that you are really cinsear and not just another dilatant passing thru.”
Ok, I have read this thing for over a year..............I'm coming anyway!
“The technology, dubbed "liquid armor" by its developers, harnesses the unique properties of shear thickening or dilatant fluids that "lock" together when subjected to a force and is designed to enhance the existing energy absorbing properties of material structures like Kevlar.”
“Drilling in the Lucky Strike area is aimed at potential higher grade dilatant zones that may exist at bends in the structure.”
“Scientists at BAE Systems in Bristol, UK have come up with a "shear-thickening" (or dilatant) liquid that can be combined with Kevlar to create a new, more powerful bullet-proof material.”
“Instantly identifiable due to a great colour choice, d3o's claim to fame is that it's made from a dilatant substance - that is, one in which viscosity increases with the rate of shear.”
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seanahan I also looked up this word, but it didn't sound like something that would be said in Law and Order. Jun 12, 2007
reesetee Don't know what thinkcharlene heard, but (to my surprise) this is actually a word. A dilatant material is one in which viscosity increases with the rate of shear (also termed shear thickening)--like Silly Putty. :-) Jun 12, 2007
seanahan Are you sure you didn't hear dilettante? Jun 11, 2007
thinkcharlene Law & Order - Season 12, Episode 8 - "The Fire This Time" Jun 11, 2007