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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vis•cose (vis′kōs),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistrya viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
- Textilesviscose rayon.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or made from viscose.
- Physicsviscous.
- Latin visc(um) birdlime + -ose2
- Late Latin viscōsus viscous (see -ose1); (in def. 1)
- 1350–1400 for def. 4; 1895–1900 for def. 1; (in def. 4)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: viscose /ˈvɪskəʊs/ n - a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
- (as modifier): viscose rayon
- rayon made from this material
Etymology: 19th Century: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid vis•cous /ˈvɪskəs/USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsof a thick, sticky consistency.
- Physicshaving the property of viscosity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vis•cous (vis′kəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsof a glutinous nature or consistency;
sticky;
thick;
adhesive. - Physicshaving the property of viscosity.
Also, viscose. - Late Latin viscōsus, equivalent. to Latin visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime (made with mistletoe berries) + -ōsus -ous
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: viscous /ˈvɪskəs/, viscose adj - (of liquids) thick and sticky; viscid
- having or involving viscosity
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscoseˈviscously adv |