dilatancy

Noun

countable uncountable

The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.

Japanese Meaning

拡張性、拡大性：構成要素間の空間が増大することによって物質が膨張・拡大する性質。

Geotechnical engineers must account for dilatancy when modeling how dense sands respond to shear.

土質工学の技術者は、密な砂がせん断に反応するときの挙動をモデル化する際に、膨張性を考慮しなければならない。

Sense（1）

The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.

Sense（2）

(physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

dilatancies

（ plural ）