rheid
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
rheid (plural rheids)
Etymology 2[edit]
Coined by S. Warren Carey in 1953; related to rheology.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rheid (plural rheids)
- (geology) A substance whose temperature is below the melting point and whose deformation by viscous flow during the time of observation is at least three orders of magnitude (1,000 ×) greater than the elastic deformation under the given conditions.