Word: viscoplastic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: vis
cop
la
stic
Definition: Describing a material that behaves as a solid below a critical value of stress, but flows like a viscous liquid at greater values of stress.
Morphemes:
Affix: visco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: viscosity
Affix: plastic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: plastēs
Language: la
Decoded: plastes
Meaning: shaper”, “moulder
Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: of or pertaining to; connected with; -ic, -ish