A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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thixotropy
The property of some printing inks of becoming fluid when worked and setting to a semi-solid state when at rest; the cause of some inks tending to back away from the ink fountain roller.
f thixotropy. d Thixotropy. n thixotropy.
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