Digestion Essay The path of digestion begins in the mouth when food is broken down mechanically, into smaller pieces, by the teeth and tongue. The complex carbohydrates found in the food are also broken down chemically with the help of the enzyme (ptyalin), found in saliva.
apparent viscosity. (fluid mechanics). The value obtained by applying the instrumental equations used in obtaining the viscosity of a Newtonian fluid to viscometer measurements of a non-Newtonian fluid. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deformation under shear stress. It is commonly perceived as thickness, or resistance to pouring. Viscosity describes a fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be thought of as a measure of fluid friction. Thus, water is thin, having a low viscosity, while vegetable oil is thick having a high viscosity.