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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter
originCoined by American scientist Eugene C. Bingham in 1920, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner; inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”) by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + -logy (“study of”, suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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