单词 | dilatant |
释义 | dilatant —dilatancy, n. /di layt"nt, duy-/, adj. 1. dilating; expanding. 2. Physical Chem. exhibiting an increase in volume on being changed in shape, owing to a wider spacing between particles. 3. Petrol. (of rock) exhibiting an increase in volume owing to rearrangement and recrystallization of constituent grains. [1835-45; < L dilatant- (s. of dilatans), prp. of dilatare to DILATE; see -ANT] |
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