English words starting with rheo

Meanings of Rheobase:

noun

The lowest strength of electrical current (of infinitely prolonged duration) required to excite a muscle or nerve.

Meanings of Rheobases:

noun

The lowest strength of electrical current (of infinitely prolonged duration) required to excite a muscle or nerve.

Meanings of Rheologically:

adverb

As regards rheology; in rheological terms.

Meanings of Rheology:

noun

The branch of physics that deals with the deformation and flow of matter, especially the non-newtonian flow of liquids and the plastic flow of solids.

Usage examples:

Twenty-two papers are grouped into four contextual sections - the effect of fluids, microstructures…

Meanings of Rheometer:

noun

An instrument for measuring the rheological properties of a substance.

Usage examples:

Details on the rotating disk rheometer have been described by miller et al. 1991.

Meanings of Rheometers:

noun

An instrument for measuring the rheological properties of a substance.

Usage examples:

Details on the rotating disk rheometer have been described by miller et al. 1991.

Meanings of Rheometric:

adjective

Involving the use of a rheometer; of the nature of or relating to a rheometer.

Meanings of Rheometry:

noun

The practice or technique of using a rheometer; the measurement of rheological properties.

Meanings of Rheopexy:

noun

The property, possessed by some sols, of undergoing accelerated gelation when subjected to gentle mechanical agitation.

Meanings of Rheophile:

adjective

Of an organism: that inhabits or prefers an environment of (especially rapidly) flowing water. contrasted with rheophobic .

noun

A rheophile organism. contrasted with rheophobe .

Meanings of Rheophilic:

adjective

= rheophile .

Meanings of Rheophore:

noun

An electrode applied to the body of a patient during electrotherapy.

Meanings of Rheoscope:

noun

An instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current; a means of detecting a current.

Meanings of Rheoscopic:

adjective

Designating a preparation of a muscle and attached nerve of a frog used for detecting electric currents; of or relating to such a preparation; especially in "rheoscopic frog". compare "physiological rheoscope".

Meanings of Rheostat:

noun

An electrical instrument used to control a current by varying the resistance.

Usage examples:

She learned how to bend neon tubing into shapes and how to connect electrical circuits and insert r…

Meanings of Rheostats:

noun

An electrical instrument used to control a current by varying the resistance.

Usage examples:

She learned how to bend neon tubing into shapes and how to connect electrical circuits and insert r…

Meanings of Rheotactic:

adjective

Of the nature of rheotaxis; exhibiting or characterized by rheotaxis.

Meanings of Rheotaxis:

noun

The directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to a current of water (or occasionally air); an instance of this.

Meanings of Rheotome:

noun

An apparatus for periodically interrupting an electric current.

Meanings of Rheotropic:

adjective

Of the nature of rheotropism; exhibiting or characterized by rheotropism.

Meanings of Rheotropism:

noun

The orientation or movement of an organism in response to a current of water.