Question: Some of the structural strength of a clayey material that is lost by remoulding is slowly recovered with time. This property of soils to undergo an isothermal gel-to-soil-to-gel transformation upon agitation and subsequent rest is termed :

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A : Isotropy

B : Anisotropy

C : Thixotropy

D : Allotropy

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