A fluid in which the components of the stress tensor are linear functions of the first
spatial derivatives of the velocity components. These functions involve two material
parameters (taken as constants throughout the fluid, although depending on ambient
temperature and pressure).
Source:
PAC, 1979, 51, 1213
(Manual of symbols and terminology for physicochemical quantities and units. Appendix
II: Definitions, terminology and symbols in colloid and surface chemistry. Part 1.13.
Selected definitions, terminology and symbols for rheological properties)
on page 1216