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What is the unit of measurement for viscosity?.


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From the CRC: "all fluids possess a definite resistance to change of form and many solids show a gradual yielding to forces tending to change their form. This property, a sort of internal friction, is called viscosity; it is expressed in dyne-seconds per cm^2 or poises"

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