noun
A deceptive or illusionary form of flow that appears as though movement or change is occurring but is, in reality, stagnant or imperceptibly slow. Often applied to situations or substances (like amorphous solids) where molecular or structural movement exists at undetectable timescales, creating a paradox of stillness amidst gradual transformation.
Etymology:
From French faux meaning “false” and Greek rhein (ῥεῖν) meaning “to flow.”
Example Sentence:
The glacier’s fauxrheo belied its constant, unobservable drift over millennia.