Imishini yokupakisha isikhwama semi-fluid idlala indima ebalulekile embonini yokupakisha, ikakhulukazi emikhakheni ebhekene nemikhiqizo enokuvumelana okungaguquguquki, njengasosi, ukhilimu, amaphasiste, nokuxuba okuhlukahlukene koketshezi. Le mishini yenzelwe ukuphatha ubunzima obuhambisana nemikhiqizo yokupakisha i-semi-viscous, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bavalwe ngokuphepha futhi bakulungele ukusatshalaliswa. I-oper