Glossary V

Deutsch: Viskosität / Español: Viscosidad / Português: Viscosidade / Français: Viscosité / Italiano: Viscosità
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal notion of "thickness".

Deutsch: Wortschatz / Español: Vocabulario / Português: Vocabulário / Français: Vocabulaire

A person's vocabulary is the set of words within a language that are familiar to that person. A vocabulary usually develops with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the largest challenges in learning a second language.

In quality management, vocabulary refers to the specific words and terms that are used to describe and communicate concepts related to the quality of products, services, and processes.