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Kinematic viscosity

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The kinematic viscosity, \nu, is defined by:

\nu \equiv \frac{\mu}{\rho}

Where \mu is the dynamic viscosity and \rho is the density.

The SI unit of the kinematic viscosity is \frac{m^2}{s}.


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