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Viscoelastic
A type of deformation in which a material behaves like an elastic solid when it is rapidly strained on time scales of seconds to hours, but deforms viscously by plastic flow over long periods of geologic time.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Earthquake
- Company: University of Utah
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