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viscose
/ ˈvɪskəʊs /
noun
- a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
- ( as modifier )
viscose rayon
- rayon made from this material
adjective
- another word for viscous
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viscose1
1350–1400 viscose fordef 4; 1895–1900 viscose fordef 1; viscose ( indef 4 ) < Late Latin viscōsus viscous ( -ose 1 ); viscose ( indef 1 ) < Latin visc ( um ) birdlime + -ose 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viscose1
C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid
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Example Sentences
But this effect equally follows from addition of alkali to the viscose itself.
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Was the viscose in the blanket that we have been examining lustered or delustered?
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The viscose fiber I have drawn here is what we would term a lustrous fiber.
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We found no brown cotton fibers, no green viscose fibers, and no woolen fibers.
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Did this single brown viscose fiber match the fibers from the blanket, Exhibit 140?
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