Usually means: Increase in volume under stress.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilatancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilatancy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dilatancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dilatancy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dilatancy: Wordnik
  6. dilatancy: Wiktionary
  7. dilatancy: Dictionary.com
  8. Dilatancy (granular material), Dilatancy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. dilatancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dilatancy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. dilatancy: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dilatancy)

noun:  The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
noun:  (physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.

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