rheopexy

[ ree-uh-pek-see ]
/ ˈri əˌpɛk si /

noun Physical Chemistry.

the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.

Origin of rheopexy

First recorded in 1930–35; rheo- + -pexy

OTHER WORDS FROM rheopexy

rhe·o·pec·tic [ree-uh-pek-tik] /ˌri əˈpɛk tɪk/, adjective