Adj. masc. In gels, properties: ) conversion to fluid, when they are subjected to agitation or another related alteration process, and then, in a State of rest, recovery of its status of gels; (b) ) reversibility gel-sol - gel under shear efforts followed by immobility. The word comes from the Greek "thixis": touch «tropée»: change, turn, "iko" trend: relative to.
