单词 | dilatant |
释义 | dilatant[ dih-leyt-nt, dahy- ] / dɪˈleɪt nt, daɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dilatant ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivedilating; expanding. Physical Chemistry. exhibiting an increase in volume on being changed in shape, owing to a wider spacing between particles. Petrology. (of rock) exhibiting an increase in volume owing to rearrangement and recrystallization of constituent grains. Origin of dilatant1835–45; <Latin dīlātant- (stem of dīlātāns), present participle of dīlātāre to dilate; see -ant OTHER WORDS FROM dilatantdi·lat·an·cy, nounWords nearby dilatantDilantin, dilapidate, dilapidated, dilapidation, dilatancy, dilatant, dilatate, dilatation, dilatation and curettage, dilatator, dilate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dilatantdilatant / (daɪˈleɪtənt, dɪ-) / adjectivetending to dilate; dilating physics of, concerned with, or exhibiting dilatancy nounsomething, such as a catheter, that causes dilation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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