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Meanings of glassforming liquid in English

Russian
вязкая жидкость
Catalan
líquid viscós
Spanish
líquido viscoso
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In condensed matter physics and physical chemistry, liquid that is at the same time highly viscous, supercooled, and able to form a glass.

        вязкая жидкость
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        Examples for "viscous liquid"
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        It was a mass of some viscous liquid, thick as dense mud.
        The Scar
        2
        His slumber had become a viscous liquid, thick and sticky, trapping him.
        The Scorch Trials
        3
        And in each tank, swimming through the viscous liquid, were gray slugs.
        The Andalite Chronicles
        4
        Essai eased off, then fed the viscous liquid to him more slowly.
        The bourne objective
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        Auri lifted up the glass and eyed the viscous liquid, clear as amber.
        The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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        The phenomenology of the spin model is similar to that of a supercooled liquid undergoing the glass transition.
        Pubmed
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        Others, like Bell Labs veteran Phil Platzman, want to replace solid-state electronics with a new breed of supercooled liquid computer.
        Wired
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        The reaction of the gas and the supercooled liquid on my skin has created a sizzling foam that burns like an acid bath.
        Dark Matter
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        Oxygen is stored and transported as a supercooled liquid-attemperatures below minus-300degrees Fahrenheit-becauseit is safer and takes up dramatically less space that way.
        Wired
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