Rheology

Origin

1920, coined by Eugene C. Bingham, a professor at Lafayette College, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner;

J. F. Steffe (1996) Rheological Methods in Food Process Engineering 2nd ed ISBN 0-9632036-1-4 page 1

inspired by aphorism Panta rhei (Heraclitus) ta panta rhei “everything flows” by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rheō, "flow") + -logy("study of") (suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.

Full definition of rheology

Noun

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

Related terms

• diarrhea further -rrhea/-rrhoea terms there
• rheogoniometer
• rheometer
• rheometric
• rheometry