plastic flow
noun
deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
Also called
plastic deformation.
Origin of plastic flow
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby plastic flow
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plastic foam,
plastic lymph,
plastic money,
plastic paddy,
plastic pleurisy