dynamic viscosity

Dynamic viscosity is a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow or deformation when a force is applied. Imagine stirring honey versus water; honey resists movement more, making it thicker and more "viscous." It quantifies how "thick" a fluid is, with higher viscosity indicating a thicker, slower-moving fluid, and lower viscosity representing a thinner, faster-moving one. This property affects how fluids move in pipes, around objects, or beneath surfaces, and is crucial in fields like engineering, medicine, and fluid dynamics for understanding and predicting fluid behavior.