jamming

noun

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Forms

  • singular : jamming
  • plural : jammings

Senses

  • quality of a knot that becomes difficult to untie after use
  • class of techniques in crack climbing
  • physical process by which the viscosity of some mesoscopic materials, such as granular materials, glasses, foams, polymers, emulsions, and other complex fluids, increases with increasing particle density