Usually means: Decreases viscosity upon being stirred.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. thixotropy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. thixotropy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. thixotropy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thixotropy: Wiktionary
  5. thixotropy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. thixotropy: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. thixotropy: Dictionary.com
  8. Thixotropy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. thixotropy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. thixotropy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. thixotropy: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thixotropy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. thixotropy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. thixotropy: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thixotropy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. "https://digitalfire.com/4sight/glossary/t.html">Thixotropy: Ceramic Terminology Glossary
  3. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See thixotropic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (thixotropy)

noun:  (physics) The reduction of viscosity with increased shear
noun:  (medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.

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