dilatancy

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The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
(physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

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Real examples of "dilatancy" in context

and the shear strengthening through dilatancy, the walls have been holding the entire time, so

expansion in volume. Engineers call this dilatancy. And you don't need a microscope to see it. In fact,