Associations to the word «Thixotropy»

Wiktionary

THIXOTROPY, noun. (chemistry) (medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats