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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1929 a science dealing with the deformation and flow of matter; also the ability to flow or be deformed • rheological also rheologic adjective • rheologically adverb • rheologist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the science dealing with the flow and deformation of matter. Derivatives: rheological adj. rheologist n. Etymology: Gk rheos stream + -LOGY