Pronounced: vuh-DEH-luh-set (alt: vigh-DEH-luh-set), adverb
Notes: Most people know the (surprising) abbreviation of our word
Yesterday’s word
The word rheology means “the study of the deformation and flow of matter”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
Our word was coined by Eugene C Bingham, a professor of chemistry, who was inspired by Simplicius, an ancient philosopher of Cilicia, who claimed “everything flows”. Our word came from the Greek parts rheo- (flow) and -logy (study).
